Appendix C. Product Notes for Sun
Order Number: EK-SM1TB-UG. E01
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NOTE
If your SCSI host adapter is supported by the
“probe-scsi”
command, you can use this command at the boot prompt to
verify that the connected device is correctly attached to the
system.
C.2.1.4 Rebooting of system
Reboot the system, using the following command at the boot prompt:
>boot
The system reboots with the newly compiled kernel and creates special files in /dev so
that it can communicate with the SWXTL SBB. Verify that “
DEC TZ87 10GB Cart.
DLT Streaming /w Compression
” is displayed as a target when the system is
booting.
At this time the tape is configured in the /dev directory with "rst" (rewind on close) and
"nrst" (no rewind on close) format. If the entry in the kernel configuration file for the
SWXTL SBB were st4, for example, then "rst" would be "rst4, rst12, rst20, rst28" and
nrst would be"nrst4, nrst12, nrst20, nrst28".
•
rst4 and nrst4 correspond to the 0x17 density mode (TK85 format)
•
rst12 and nrst12 correspond to the 0x18 density mode (TK86 format)
•
rst20 and nrst20 correspond to the 0x80 density mode (TK87 native format)
•
rst28 and nrst28 correspond to the 0x81 density mode (TK87, compressed format)
C.2.1.5 Testing the SWXTL SBB
To test the SWXTL drive, back up the “passwd” file to tape using the “tar” command,
as follows:
tar cvf /dev/rst4 /etc/passwd
The system responds with:
a /etc/passwd 1 blocks
Note that depending on the size of the file, a different number of blocks may be reported.
C.2.1.6 Verification
Verify that the “passwd” file was written to tape using the following command:
tar tvf /dev/rst4
The system responds with:
/etc/passwd
The installation and verification procedure is now complete.
