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- From: hshamans@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Harry T Shamansky)
- Subject: Re: does anyone have the "dd" source code or good mtio examples???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.232725.3655@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Keywords: Exabyte 8500 raw SCSI driver example
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- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:27:25 GMT
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- Hi..
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- I just had the occasion to write a very short driver for the Exabyte
- 8500 8mm tape drive for the Indigo. This simple driver returns the
- amount of tape remaining on the tape, if the tape is write-locked,
- if the tape is actually in the drive, as well as a ton of other performance
- issues which the Exabyte reports.
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- It may not be of interest to you, but it does talk directly to the SCSI
- device, using SGI's ds/dslib services. We use it to fully automate nightly
- COMPLETE user backups, as well as monthly backups. Let me know if you are
- interested in this one; it can easily be modified to do all other types of
- mt operations, given a good reference on the SCSI commands which are
- supported by the drive.
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- Harry Shamansky
- hts@hertz.eng.ohio-state.edu
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