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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/mt.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/mt.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..924b8c42 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/mt.4 @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mt.4,v 1.16 2017/08/01 11:11:37 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)mt.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd February 17, 2017 +.Dt MT 4 vax +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mt +.Nd +.Tn TM-78 Ns / Ns Tn TU-78 +.Tn MASSBUS +mag tape interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "mt0 at mba? drive ? tape mu0 at mt0 slave 0" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Tn TM-78 Ns / Ns Tn TU-78 +combination provides a standard tape drive +interface as described in +.Xr mtio 4 . +Only 1600 and 6250 +.Tn BPI +are supported; the +.Tn TU-78 +runs at 125 +.Tn IPS +and autoloads tapes. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It mu%d: no write ring. +An attempt was made to write on the tape drive +when no write ring was present; this message is written on the terminal of +the user who tried to access the tape. +.It mu%d: not online. +An attempt was made to access the tape while it +was offline; this message is written on the terminal of the user +who tried to access the tape. +.It "mu%d: can't change density in mid-tape." +An attempt was made to write +on a tape at a different density than is already recorded on the tape. +This message is written on the terminal of the user who tried to switch +the density. +.It "mu%d: hard error bn%d mbsr=%b er=%x ds=%b." +A tape error occurred +at block +.Em bn ; +the mt error register and drive status register are +printed in octal with the bits symbolically decoded. +Any error is +fatal on non-raw tape; when possible the driver will have retried +the operation which failed several times before reporting the error. +.It mu%d: blank tape. +An attempt was made to read a blank tape (a tape without even +end-of-file marks). +.It mu%d: offline. +During an i/o operation the device was set offline. +If a non-raw tape was used in the access it is closed. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mt 1 , +.Xr tar 1 , +.Xr mtio 4 , +.Xr vax/tm 4 , +.Xr vax/ts 4 , +.Xr vax/ut 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver appeared in +.Bx 4.1 . +.Sh BUGS +If a physical error (non-data) occurs, +.Nm +may hang ungracefully. +.Pp +Because 800 +.Tn BPI +tapes are not supported, the numbering of minor devices +is inconsistent with triple-density tape units. +Unit 0 is drive 0, 1600 +.Tn BPI . |
