Sending;¬ SCSI Tape
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¬	SCSI Devices

Supported Hardware: 

This device driver supports any SCSI Adapter for which NeXT provides device drivers.  

Note:   Be aware of the necessity of proper SCSI termination at both ends of the SCSI bus.

Configuring the SCSI Tape Driver  

	Note: See Configure's Help for general information on running the Configure Application.
	
1. 	After you have installed a supported SCSI host adapter, log in as root, start Configure, and click the SCSI icon at the top of Configure's Summary window.  If any string containing "SCSI Tape" is in the list of devices that appears in the window, select the device driver's name, and click Remove.
2.	Click Add in the window.  
3. 	In  the Add SCSI Devices panel that opens, select the radio button labeled "Show All Installed Drivers."  Select "SCSI Tape Drive" from the list, and click Add. 
4.	Click Done, and then click Save. 
5.	Choose Quit from the Configure menu.

Tape Drive Special Considerations 

When using Exabyte 8mm tape drives, use either /dev/rxt? (or /dev/nrxt?) or /dev/rst? (or /dev/nrst?) device nodes, where ? is a number.  (EX: /dev/rxt0; /dev/nrxt0; /dev/rst0; /dev/nrst0)

When using Exabyte 4mm tape drive, only use /dev/rst? (or /dev/nrst?) device nodes, where ? is a number.  (EX: /dev/rst0; /dev/nrst0)

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See also

·	"Add a Device" in Configure's on-line help.

·	See NeXTanswer 1824 for general information on installing 
	and configuring device drivers. 

·	See NeXTanswer 1806 for additional information on the
	scsitape driver.

·	Read the man page for st (in a terminal window, type man st).

·	Read the man page for stblocksize (in a terminal window, type 
	man stblocksize). Stblocksize is a program that can be run to 
	set the tape drive to fixed block size.