TS(7M)                                                     TS(7M)



     NAME
          ts - ISI VME-QIC2/X cartridge tape controller

     SYNOPSIS
          /dev/mt/ts*
          /dev/rmt/ts*
          /dev/tape
          /dev/nrtape

     DESCRIPTION
          The IRIS 4D/60 system supports the ISI quarter inch
          cartridge tape, using the QIC-02 format, and is compatible
          with the IRIS series 2000 and IRIS series 3000 workstations.
          The software supports the standard set of tape ioctl calls
          (see mtio(7m)).  The special files are named according to
          the convention discussed in intro(7m):

                   /dev/{r}mt/ts<controller-#>d<slave-#>{nr}

          The hardware only supports one slave per controller, and the
          software only supports one controller.  Also, since there
          are no choices for density, that portion of the device name
          is always blank.  A no rewind version of the device is
          provided, thus allowing multiple files per tape.  Only one
          user may use the tape at a time.

          Doing tape i/o in 4096 byte quantities to the tape will
          usually result in streaming, thus yielding maximum tape
          performance.  The tar(1) and cpio(1) commands do i/o in
          larger quantities for compatibility with the IRIS series
          2000 and IRIS series 3000 cartridge tape drives.

     FILES
          /dev/mt/ts*
          /dev/rmt/ts*
          /dev/tape
          /dev/nrtape

     SEE ALSO
          cpio(1), mt(1), tar(1), mtio(7M)

     ORIGIN
          Silicon Graphics, Inc.












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