[Sunhelp] Autoloader L280 tape drive

[Marc Sebastian Pelzer]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Beth Rusnak wrote:

> I have an autoloader L280 tape drive connected to an Ultra 60
> running Solaris 7.  It has 8 tape slots.  Problem is, I don't
> know how to access it.  Bootup tells me it is at rst14 but I
> can't talk to it.  Any help???

Beth,

how about /dev/rmt/0* ?

Try 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status' while you have a tape in the streamer.
To load the next tape in the autolader try 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0 offline'
and it should switch automaticliy to the next tape in drive.

Regards, Marc.