On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Davidson, Brian wrote:
> Can anyone tell me the difference between the following no-rewind tape > devices on Linux? I can't seem to find any info anywhere. > > /dev/nst0 > /dev/nst0a > /dev/nst0l > /dev/nst0m I think the -l and -m notations instruct the system to send information in low and medium compressed formats, respectively. I don't know what the -a means. - Eric