Installing a DLT, SDLT, VS, LTO, or DAT Tape Drive Into a Linux Operating System
6464215-01, Rev B
January 2006
Accessing Devices Using /dev/st* Device Nodes
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You should see a block of four listings for each device. The list will look
similar to the following:
If one or more device node listings are not present, see
What To Do if a Device
Node is Missing
on page 12.
For an explanation of what each part of the listing means, see
Interpreting the
Device Node File Listing
on page 13.
What To Do if a Device
Node is Missing
0
If any of the
st
device node listings are not present in the
/dev
directory, you
need to create them.
Use the
mknod
commands described in
Creating Auto-Rewind Device Nodes
on page 16 and
Creating No-Rewind Device Nodes
on page 16.
Refer to the following documentation for detailed instructions:
• Your Linux documentation
•
st(4) man page
•
mknod(1) man page
For this type of
device...
The list of /dev device files will look similar to...
Auto-rewind
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Sep 15 2003 st0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 96 Sep 15 2003 st0a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 32 Sep 15 2003 st0l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 64 Sep 15 2003 st0m
No-rewind
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 Sep 15 2003 nst0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 224 Sep 15 2003 nst0a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 160 Sep 15 2003 nst0l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 192 Sep 15 2003 nst0m
