##################################################### # Parallel Tape Drive on Linux using ftape # ftape requires a bufsize in increment of 10k # also note that parallel support is not 100% # see the following link for authoritative info- # http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/ # set size to zero to allow hardware or software # compression: size=0 ##################################################### /dev/qft0 \ devname="Parallel Tape Drive" \ size=0 bufsize=30k seek=0 \ rawtape tape shmcopy rewind autoscan /dev/nqft0 \ devname="Parallel Tape Drive, norewind" \ size=0 bufsize=30k seek=0 \ rawtape tape shmcopy norewind noautoscan \ eodcmd="mt -f /dev/nqft0 eod" \ rfmcmd="mt -f /dev/nqft0 fsf 1" \ retencmd="mt -f /dev/nqft0 retension" \ rewindcmd="mt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind" \ fmtcmd="mt -f /dev/nqft0 erase"