How do I configure my sun to use Exabyte 4mm DAT tape drives?

How do I configure my sun to use Exabyte 4mm DAT tape drives?

Add the following to /kernel/drv/st.conf:

tape-config-list =
"EXABYTE EXB-4200", "Exabyte 4mm EXB-4200", "EXBT-4200",
"EXABYTE EXB-4200c", "Exabyte 4mm EXB-4200c", "EXBT-4200c"

EXBT-4200 = 1,0x34,1024,0x0029,4,0x63,0,0,0,3;
EXBT-4200c = 1,0x34,1024,0x0029,4,0x63,0,0x13,0,3;

Exabyte also recommends that their 4mm tape drives have firmware revision
levels of at least the following when used on suns:

EXB-4200 No restriction, but revision 148 or higher is recommended
EXB-4200c Level 149 minimum (mode select for compression)

Thanks to Dave Hightower .


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