goodall@brillig.umd.edu (Sharon Goodall) (12/16/88)
What is the difference between /dev/rst0 and /dev/rst8 on Suns? Does one have a higher storage capacity than the other when using tar or dump? Sharon Goodall goodall@mimsy.umd.edu University of Maryland, College Park [[ The difference is very similar to the different between /dev/rmt0 and /dev/rmt8. 0 is a "lower density" device, requiring more tape to fit the same amount of information but less prone to bad spots on the media. 8 is a "higher density" device. For the rst device, 0 uses QIC-11 format and 8 uses QIC-24. --wnl ]]