Kbase 15142: How to Determine What Your NON-rewinding Device Is
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
15/10/2008 |
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Status: Verified
GOAL:
How to determine what tape device is non-rewinding for the installation of Progress.
FACT(s) (Environment):
UNIX
CAUSE:
The device that is listed in the Progress installation notes is only a guideline for the right device to use.
FIX:
If REWIND device name is for the tape device is not known, then contact your system administrator, your O/S vendor or your hardware vendor to find this out.
If the REWIND device name is known, but the name of the NON-REWIND device name is unknown, then try the following steps:
If the REWIND device is /dev/rst0, the NON-REWIND device is usually based on the same name, with the letter "n" attached before or after:
/dev/rst0 - rewind
/dev/rst0n - non-rewind
/dev
rst0 - non-rewind
You can list the devices in your /dev directory with the same name such as this:
ls /dev/*rst0*
Now you should see a device following this format.
The exception to this rule is IBM AIX operating system. On AIX, if your REWIND device is /dev/rmt0, your non-rewinding device is probably /dev/rmt0.1. AIX follows a different system for listing the different types of devices for a drive.