TITLE
    NeXTSTEP 3.3 Driver: SCSI Tape
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Modified: 		71806
3/4/99
3/4/99
TOPIC

    This document discusses a device driver for the NeXTSTEP operating system, version 3.3. This driver will not work with any version of OPENSTEP.

DISCUSSION

    Availability Information

    An updated BETA version of this driver, version 3.31, is avaiable on Apple's FTP servers at:
    ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/MultiCountry/Enterprise/nextstep/drivers/beta/SCSITape.pkg.compressed

    Driver Name / Installer .pkg: SCSITape
    Driver Type: System
    Driver Scope: Generic
    Supported Components:
    PC Bus / Interface Supported by Driver**:
    Supported Connectors:
    Access Mode:
    Adapter Memory:

    General Overview notes: This is a SCSI Tape peripheral driver. It supports most SCSI tape drives that use the generic SCSI command set for Tape Devices. A SCSI Host Adapter and associated NEXTSTEP driver are required in order to use this driver

    Supported Products / Add-on Adapters:


    Supported Products / Systems (ie integrated into PC System):


    Special Features of Driver / Driver Notes:
    For release NS 4.0, SCSITape is being moved from the Other category to the SCSI category.

    Sun DAT drives cause other tape drives with higher SCSI ID's to not be registered. This is a hardware problem. The workaround is to place non-Sun tape drives at a lower SCSI ID than the Sun DAT drive.

    Known Problems

    Due to ongoing development and testing of OPENSTEP 4.0, the beta version (v3.31) of this driver will neither be tested on NEXTSTEP 3.3 nor upgraded to "Released" status.

    Driver Version Notes

    3.31 Corrects a problem restoring data from tapes. This problem was encountered when using /dev/rst# device nodes, where # is a number. This problem only effects tape reads, so tapes written using this driver should be correct.

    ** - Indicates information that is inclusive of the entire capability of this driver. Not all devices supported by this driver may include all features listed. Check any available NeXTanswers and the hardware manual for the device for additional information.

    Product Vendor

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: NeXTSTEP
Sub Category: Drivers
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