The Original Question
> Is the EXB-8500 exabyte 8mm tape drive backward compatible with the older
> model EXB-8200 ? If I create a tape on the 8500, can I read it on the 8200 ?
> I have several around in SCSI lunch boxes from SUN on SSs and IPXs. SUN O/S
> 4.1.1 and 4.1.3.
The Answer is contained in the following:
Product Note 5.0 GByte 8mm Tape Drive,
Part No: 800-7303-11, Revision A, October 1992
Here is how to back up the /usr partition located on disk sd2 to a
5.0 GByte 8 mm tape drive with a tape unit assignment of st0 in
low-density (2.3 GByte format) mode.
example# dump 0dsbfu 54000 6000 126 /dev/rst0 /dev/sd2g
Tape Unit Assignments for Low-Density and High-Density Modes
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Tape Unit Low-Density High-Density
(2.3 GByte format) (2.3 GByte format)
------------+---------------------+-------------------
st0 /dev/rst0 /dev/rst8
st1 /dev/rst1 /dev/rst9
st2 /dev/rst2 /dev/rst10
st3 /dev/rst3 /dev/rst11
st4 /dev/rst4 /dev/rst12
st5 /dev/rst5 /dev/rst13
st6 /dev/rst6 /dev/rst14
st7 /dev/rst7 /dev/rst15
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I dug one of these up and found all I needed. Thanks to
Kevin.Heagney@eeiua.ericsson.se and all the others who sent replys
Anthony
AHunter@shl.com
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