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mtio(4)

nbuf(4)

MAKEDEV(8)

uerf(8)

ts(4)

NAME

ts − TS11/TS05/TU80 magnetic tape interface

SYNTAX

controller zs0 at uba? csr 0172520 vector tsintr
tape ts0 at zs0 drive 0

DESCRIPTION

The TS11 combination provides a standard tape drive interface as described in mtio(.). The TS11 operates only at 1600 bpi, and only one transport is possible per controller.

DIAGNOSTICS

ts%d: no write ring. 
An attempt was made to write on the tape drive when no write ring was present. This message is written on the terminal of the user who tried to access the tape.

ts%d: not online. 
An attempt was made to access the tape while it was off line. This message is written on the terminal of the user who tried to access the tape.

ts%d: hard error bn%d. 
A hard error occurred on the tape at block bn.  Additional register information may be gathered from the system error log file, /usr/adm/syserr/syserr.<hostname>.

FILES

/dev/rmt???  /dev/nrmt??? 

SEE ALSO

mtio(4), nbuf(4), MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8)

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