# man -s 7I mtio

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/dev/rmt/[][]

Where density can be l, m, h, u/c (low, medium, high,
ultra/compressed, respectively), the BSD behavior option is
b, and the no rewind option is n.

For example, /dev/rmt/0hbn specifies unit 0, high density,
BSD behavior and no rewind.

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F.


On 26 jan, 12:05, Guy Paulus wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have installed on a Solaris 9 box an HP Ultrium 3 (G29D) tape
> drive. In /dev/rmt are the following device files:
>
> 0 0bn 0cb 0cn 0hb 0hn 0lb 0ln 0mb 0mn 0u 0ubn
> 0b 0c 0cbn 0h 0hbn 0l 0lbn 0m 0mbn 0n 0ub 0un
>
> I'm trying to identify those various devices. Could someone point to
> a document explaining their properties or tell me which device to
> use in order to maximize storage on 400 GB (no compression) tapes ?
>
> Thanks.
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