Operating System Device Drivers
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Caldera Open Linux
Caldera Open Linux provides native drive recognition. Supplemental drivers are
not required. The operating system defaults to a generic SCSI device and to the
default settings of the tape drive.
The following commands, including Magnetic Tape (mt) commands, are
supported with the SDLT.
Table 9: Magnetic Tape (mt) Commands
Task
Command
Check Tape Status
mt -f /dev/st0 status
Retention Tape
mt -f /dev/st0 retension
Rewind Tape
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
Set Tape to End Of Data
mt -f /dev/nst0 eod
Set Tape Block Size
mt -f /dev/st0 setblk 1024
Set Compression to disabled
mt -f /dev/st0 compression 0
Verify Compression
mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression
Set Compression to Enabled
mt -f /dev/st0 compression 1
Get Compression
mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression
Tape Load
mt -f /dev/st0 load
Tape Unload
mt -f /dev/st0 offline
Table 10: Additional Commands
Task
Command
Tar Write
tar cvf /dev/st0 ./largefile
Tar Read
tar xvf /dev/st0
Cpio Write
cpio -o -O /dev/st0 --block-size=1024)
Cpio Read
cpio -vi -I /dev/st0
DD Write
dd if=./largefile of=/dev/st0 bs=1024
DD Read Test
dd if=/dev/st0 of=./largefile bs=1024
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