HP C1537A - To Create Device Files Using Mksf

16 HP Servers and Workstations — HP-UX 10.20 and 11.x
where:
4 When you have exited
sam
, run
ioscan
to see the tape drive:
%/sbin/ioscan -C tape -fn
To create device files using mksf:
Note This method is not recommended.
1 Run
insf
as follows:
% /sbin/insf -C tape
2 Create the device files for the devices using the
mksf
command as
follows:
% /sbin/mksf -d stape -I <instance> [-n] [-u] /dev/rmt/X<name>
where:
Device File Description
where
<I>
<I>m
<I>mn
<I>mb
<I>mnb
is the instance number of the drive
AT&T encoding, rewind driver
AT&T encoding, non-rewind driver
Berkeley encoding, rewind driver
Berkeley encoding, rewind driver
where
<X>
<Y>
<Z>
cXtYbZBEST
cXtYbZBESTb
cXtYbZBESTn
cXtYbZBESTnb
is the card number
is the target number
is the LUN number
Best compression driver, AT&T encoding, with rewind
Best compression driver, Berkeley encoding, with rewind
Best compression driver, AT&T encoding, non-rewind
Best compression driver, Berkeley encoding, non-rewind
Argument Description
-d stape
Specifies the SCSI tape driver
-I <instance>
Specifies the tape drive’s hardware address via the instance of the SCSI tape
driver. The first instance is 0, the second 1, and so on.
[-n]
Specifies no rewind; absence of this parameter indicates rewind mode