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Tape drives naming convention

SCSI tape device names
The st driver provides the interface to a variety of SCSI tape devices under Linux.

  • First (auto rewind) SCSI tape device name: /dev/st0
  • Second (auto rewind) SCSI tape device name: /dev/st1
  • First the non-rewind SCSI tape devices: /dev/nst0
  • Second the non-rewind SCSI tape devices: /dev/nst1

IDE tape device names
The ht driver provides the interface to a variety of IDE tape devices under Linux.

  • First (auto rewind) IDE tape device name: /dev/ht0
  • Second (auto rewind) IDE tape device name: /dev/ht1
  • First the non-rewind IDE tape devices: /dev/nht0
  • Second the non-rewind IDE tape devices: /dev/nht1


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