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NAME

6       loaderinfo - report SCSI tape device info
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SYNOPSIS

9       loaderinfo -f <scsi-generic-device>
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  loaderinfo  command reads various information from SCSI tape load‐
13       ers. Its intended use is for high-level programs  that  are  trying  to
14       decide what the capabilities of a device are.
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16       The following are printed:
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18       Element Address Assignment Page:
19                 This  tells  how  many  elements  are in the loader, and what
20                 their raw hardware addresses are.
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23       Transport Geometry Descriptor Page:
24                 Will display whether media is invertible or not (usable  with
25                 some  optical  jukeboxes  for  detirmining  whether to "flip"
26                 media after writing to the first side).
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29       Device Capabilities Page
30                 Currently will only display whether we can  transfer  between
31                 slots (i.e.  whether 'mtx transfer' works).
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34       Inquiry Page
35                 Aside  from  the  normal  inquiry  info,  will also print out
36                 whether we have a bar code reader (for loaders  that  support
37                 the Exabyte extension for reporting presense of said reader).
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OPTIONS

42       The  first  argument,  given  following -f , is the SCSI generic device
43       corresponding to your tape loader.   Consult  your  operating  system's
44       documentation  for more information (for example, under Linux these are
45       generally start at /dev/sg0 under FreeBSD these start at /dev/pass0).
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47       Under FreeBSD, 'camcontrol devlist' will tell you what SCSI devices you
48       have,  along  with which 'pass' device controls them. Under Linux, "cat
49       /proc/scsi/scsi" will tell  you  what  SCSI  devices  you  have.  Under
50       Solaris  8,  find  /devices  -name  '*changer*' will display the device
51       names for your attached changers. Make sure to  configure  your  'sgen'
52       driver first.
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BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

56       This  program  has  only  been tested on Linux with a limited number of
57       loaders (Ecrix Autopack, Exabyte 220).
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AVAILABILITY

60       loaderinfo is currently being maintained by Robert  Nelson  <robertnel‐
61       son@users.sourceforge.net>  as part of the 'mtx' suite of programs. The
62       'mtx' home page is http://mtx.sourceforge.net and the  actual  code  is
63       currently   available   there   and   via   SVN   from   http://source‐
64       forge.net/projects/mtx.
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SEE ALSO

68       mt(1),tapeinfo(1),mtx(1)
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