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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
14. Configuring iSCSI Storage Devices With COMSTAR
15. Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
17. The format Utility (Reference)
18. Managing File Systems (Overview)
19. Creating ZFS, UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
20. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
21. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
22. Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)
23. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
Specifying the Rewind Option for a Tape Drive
Specifying Different Densities for a Tape Drive
How to Display Tape Drive Status
If errors occur when a tape is being read, you can retension the tape, clean the tape drive, and then try again.
Retension a magnetic tape cartridge with the mt command.
For example:
$ mt -f /dev/rmt/1 retension $
Note - Do not retension non-QIC tape drives.
To rewind a magnetic tape cartridge, use the mt command.
For example:
$ mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind $
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