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LOADERINFO(1)							 LOADERINFO(1)

NAME
       loaderinfo - report SCSI tape device info

SYNOPSIS
       loaderinfo -f <scsi-generic-device>

DESCRIPTION
       The  loaderinfo	command reads various information from SCSI tape load‐
       ers. Its intended use is for high-level programs	 that  are  trying  to
       decide what the capabilities of a device are.

       The following are printed:

       Element Address Assignment Page:
		 This  tells  how  many	 elements  are in the loader, and what
		 their raw hardware addresses are.

       Transport Geometry Descriptor Page:
		 Will display whether media is invertible or not (usable  with
		 some  optical	jukeboxes  for	detirmining  whether to "flip"
		 media after writing to the first side).

       Device Capabilities Page
		 Currently will only display whether we can  transfer  between
		 slots (i.e.  whether 'mtx transfer' works).

       Inquiry Page
		 Aside	from  the  normal  inquiry  info,  will also print out
		 whether we have a bar code reader (for loaders	 that  support
		 the Exabyte extension for reporting presense of said reader).

OPTIONS
       The  first  argument,  given  following -f , is the SCSI generic device
       corresponding to your tape loader.   Consult  your  operating  system's
       documentation  for more information (for example, under Linux these are
       generally start at /dev/sg0 under FreeBSD these start at /dev/pass0).

       Under FreeBSD, 'camcontrol devlist' will tell you what SCSI devices you
       have,  along  with which 'pass' device controls them. Under Linux, "cat
       /proc/scsi/scsi" will tell  you	what  SCSI  devices  you  have.	 Under
       Solaris	8,  find  /devices  -name  '*changer*' will display the device
       names for your attached changers. Make sure to  configure  your	'sgen'
       driver first.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
       This  program  has  only	 been tested on Linux with a limited number of
       loaders (Ecrix Autopack, Exabyte 220).

AVAILABILITY
       loaderinfo is currently being maintained by Eric Lee  Green  <eric@bad‐
       tux.org> formerly of Enhanced Software Technologies Inc. The 'mtx' home
       page is http://mtx.sourceforge.net and the  actual  code	 is  currently
       available there and via CVS from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mtx/ .

SEE ALSO
       mt(1),tapeinfo(1),mtx(1)

				 LOADERINFO1.0			 LOADERINFO(1)
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