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diff --git a/loaderinfo.1 b/loaderinfo.1 index 6463704..e6168e2 100644 --- a/loaderinfo.1 +++ b/loaderinfo.1 @@ -28,63 +28,65 @@ loaderinfo \- report SCSI tape device info .SH SYNOPSIS loaderinfo -f <scsi-generic-device> .SH DESCRIPTION -The +The .B loaderinfo command reads various information from SCSI tape loaders. Its intended use is for high-level programs that are trying to decide what the -capabilities of a device are. +capabilities of a device are. .P The following are printed: .TP 10 .B Element Address Assignment Page: This tells how many elements are in the loader, and what their raw -hardware addresses are. +hardware addresses are. .TP 10 .B Transport Geometry Descriptor Page: Will display whether media is invertible or not (usable with some optical jukeboxes for detirmining whether to "flip" media after writing -to the first side). +to the first side). -.TP 10 +.TP 10 .B Device Capabilities Page Currently will only display whether we can transfer between slots (i.e. -whether 'mtx transfer' works). +whether 'mtx transfer' works). .TP 10 .B Inquiry Page Aside from the normal inquiry info, will also print out whether we have a bar code reader (for loaders that support the Exabyte extension for -reporting presence of said reader). +reporting presence of said reader). .SH OPTIONS The first argument, given following .B -f -, is the SCSI generic device corresponding to your tape loader. +, is the SCSI generic device corresponding to your tape loader. Consult your operating system's documentation for more information (for -example, under Linux these are generally start at /dev/sg0 +example, under Linux these are generally start at /dev/sg0 under FreeBSD these start at /dev/pass0). .P Under FreeBSD, 'camcontrol devlist' will tell you what SCSI devices you have, along with which 'pass' device controls them. Under Linux, -"cat /proc/scsi/scsi" will tell you what SCSI devices you have. Under -Solaris 8, +the command +.B lsscsi \-\-generic +will tell you what SCSI devices you have. +Under Solaris 8, .B find /devices -name '*changer*' will display the device names for your attached changers. Make sure -to configure your 'sgen' driver first. +to configure your 'sgen' driver first. .SH BUGS AND LIMITATIONS .P This program has only been tested on Linux with a limited number of -loaders (Ecrix Autopack, Exabyte 220). +loaders (Ecrix Autopack, Exabyte 220, IBM TS3100). .P .SH AVAILABILITY .B loaderinfo -is currently being maintained by Robert Nelson <robertnelson@users.sourceforge.net> -as part of the 'mtx' suite of programs. The 'mtx' home page is -http://mtx.sourceforge.net and the actual code is currently available there and via -SVN from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtx. +is currently being maintained by Robert Nelson <robertnelson@users.sourceforge.net> +as part of the 'mtx' suite of programs. The 'mtx' home page is +http://mtx.sourceforge.net and the actual code is currently available there and via +SVN from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtx. .SH SEE ALSO .BR mt (1), tapeinfo (1), mtx (1) |