SUMMARY: Solaris version of ansitape

Mark Templeton (druid@atc.dera.gov.uk)
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:18:40 +0000

> Turned out to be a really simple solution: just use the BSD
compatability
> flag on the tape device name, like...
>
> /dev/rmt/0b
>
> where the 'b' requests BSD behaviour, which allows reads past a tape
mark. This is
> explained in the "Read Operation" section within 'man mtio'.

An ansi-standard tape has header blocks of 80 bytes.
As "man mtio" sais, the tape device for 1/4" cartridges expects a
multiple of 512.
Thus, even with "bsd compatabilty", it is not possible to read an
ansi-standard tape.

Any comments?

(I am not on the mailing list, so please send replies to
druid@atc.dera.gov.uk).

Mark.

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