System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

Specifying the Rewind Option for a Tape Drive

Normally, you specify a tape drive by its logical unit number, which can run from 0 to n. The following table describes how to specify tape device names with a rewind or a no-rewind option.

Table 30–3 Specifying Rewind or No-Rewind for a Tape Drive

Drive and Rewind Value 

Use This Option 

First drive, rewind 

/dev/rmt/0

First drive, no rewind 

/dev/rmt/0n

Second drive, rewind 

/dev/rmt/1

Second drive, no rewind 

/dev/rmt/1n