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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Path: sparky!uunet!allegro!sieler
- From: sieler@allegro.com (Stan Sieler)
- Subject: Re: Exabyte 8mm on HP-3000 running MPE/IX
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.195717.14904@allegro.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:57:17 GMT
- References: <1992Jul29.194004.11224@tigger.jvnc.net>
- Organization: Allegro Consultants, Inc., Redwood City, CA
- Keywords: exabyte, mpe
- Lines: 39
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- Logon as MANAGER.SYS, then:
- :sysgen
- io
- ad 8, 52.0.1, hpc1503a;class=dat,tape,exabyte,dds
- or:hpc1511a
- hold
- exit
- keep
- exit
- ^Ashutdown
- start norecovery
-
- Of course, I'm assuming the usual appropriate precautions have been taken
- (e.g.: a backup has been done, an existing SLT tape is available in case
- of problems, etc).
-
- In the above "ad" command, "8" is the ldev (logical device number) for the
- new tape. Choose an unused number as desired. The "52.0.1" is the "path"
- for the hardware to access the tape. "52.0" is fairly common, but your
- machine may differ. The ".1" is the SCSI ID for the tape...make sure it is
- different than any other unit on the same SCSI chain.
-
- The "hpc1503a" says "I am an HP DDS drive". The "hpc1511a" says "I am
- an HP 7978 tape drive". Which one do you use? Gee...a good reason for
- buying a Bering DDS drive...they can be configured as either kind of
- device. As for the Exabyte, I don't know which is appropriate.
-
- The "class=" is a list of one or more "device class" names. This is how
- you can refer to the device in a ldev-free manner (e.g.: file backup;dev=exabyte).
- Unless your friend has auto-reply turned on for an existing drive, I
- recommend putting the Exabyte (and any DAT or DDS tape) into the device
- class "tape" and a device class like "exabyte" (or "bering").
-
- One last note, I'm glad you clarified which "proprietary operating system"
- you meant, as HP-UX also qualifies as a proprietary operating system :)
-
- stan sieler
- sieler@allegro.com
-
-