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This should produce the following output to show that the device file now
exists:
stape card instance 0 SCSI target 6 SCSI LUN 0 berkeley no rewind
BEST density at address 2/0/1.6.0 /dev/rmt/4mnb
To create a device file for a drive in uncompressed mode, you should use a
command such as:
mksf -H -a -b U_18
and for compressed mode (default):
mksf -H -a -b U_18C
The hardware path can be found from previous
ioscan
output.
What Next?
Once the device files have been created, you should confirm that your new
tape drive is working properly. Chapter 8, “Verifying the Installation”
provides instructions on backing up and restoring a sample file to test your
installation.