[comp.sys.sun] rst0 vs. rst8

marty@wuphys.wustl.edu (Marty Olevitch) (03/27/91)

What's the difference in using /dev/rst0 versus using /dev/rst8?  The
device is an exabyte 8mm cartridge tape drive, Sparcstation 1+, SunOS 4.1.
We have some programs that work fine using 0, but fail after reading okay
for a while using 8.

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