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- From: smithkl@cpva.saic.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: 8mm's on HP 9000
- Message-ID: <13914.2b5fccea@cpva.saic.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 10:31:05 PST
- References: <22JAN199309371584@author.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: Science Applications Int'l Corp./San Diego
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- In article <22JAN199309371584@author.gsfc.nasa.gov>, rkoehler@author.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bob Koehler) writes:
- > We have noted a problem with utilizing 8mm tapes on HP 9000/720 and HP 9000/375
- > systems. No matter how we set the minor device number, we cannot get the
- > device to rewind on close. This does not seem to depend on the tape
- > manufacturer , although those we tried are all based on Exabyte 8200, I think.
- > (We have RSquared and some other brand that HP recommended, even though HP
- > doesn't really support 8mm, it seems.)
- >
- > This is what we have:
- > /dev/rmt/0m 54 0x201402 4mm with rewind on close, SCSI id 4
- > /dev/rmt/0mn 54 0x201403 4mm with no rewind on close, SCSI id 4
- > /dev/rmt/1mn 54 0x201503 8mm with no rewind on close, SCSI id 5
- >
- > trying /dev/rmt/1m 54 0x201502 does not give us rewind on close for the 8mm
- >
- > Thanks for any help.
- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Bob Koehler | Any illusion to these opinions being other
- > rkoehler@author.gsfc.nasa.gov | than just mine alone is just that.
-
- We presently use the Artecon 8mm drive at SCSI ID 3. This is also based on
- the EXB-8200 drive. We have no problems on our 705 with 54,0x201302. There
- isn't any reason that 0x201502 wouldn't work on ID 5.
- Kevin Smith
- smithkl@cpva.saic.com
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