README.MTS

mts has been provided free of charge by MDL Corporation.  (800) 800-3766

The shell script make_devices is required to be run prior to running mts. This script
creates the scsi device files required by mts.


Command line options supported by mts

eof           /* 0 */
weof          /* 1 */
fsf           /* 2 */
fsr           /* 3 */
bsf           /* 4 */
bsr           /* 5 */
erase         /* 6 */
reten         /* 7 */
rewind        /* 8 */
rew           /* 9 */
offline       /* 10 */
rewoffl       /* 11 */
status        /* 12 - request sense formatted output */
high          /* 13 - set Exabyte drives to 8500 density, or set HP 35480A DAT drives to compression mode */
low           /* 14 - set Exabyte drives to 8200 density, or set HP 35480A DAT drives to no write compression */
where         /* 15 - displays current block (on Exabyte 850x's & DAT */
moveto        /* 16 - move to a logical block address (on Exabytes) */
fse           /* 17 - forward space to end of data */
wseof         /* 18 - write short filemark */
tur           /* 19 - test unit ready */
version       /* 20 - report version number */
finit         /* 22 - initialize floppy mode */
reten         /* 23 - retension cartridge tape */
qic11         /* 24 - QIC-11  density */
qic24         /* 25 - QIC-24  density */
qic120        /* 26 - QIC-120 density */
qic150        /* 27 - QIC-150 density */
qic525        /* 28 - QIC-525 density */
8200          /* 29 - 8200 tape mode */
8500          /* 30 - 8500 tape mode */
serase        /* 31 - perform a short erase on non-Exabyte tape drives */

debug               - interactive menu of most of the above commands, plus a few others
