tapes as mass storage (sob)
ajs at hpfcla.UUCP
ajs at hpfcla.UUCP
Mon Feb 13 06:10:00 AEST 1984
Time to jump into this one...
The HP-UX/9000 Series 500 allows you to treat Linus tape drives (built
into the 7908/11/12/14 Winchester discs) as block devices. You can
initialize a short (~17Mb) or long (~65Mb) tape and then mount it!
We use this feature for system distribution. To install a new system,
you boot from the tape and run with it as your root volume. It's
sslloowww but it's effective.
Not only that, but in emergencies you could boot off such a tape and use
it to repair a trashed disc (never happens in real life, of course...)
Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado
{ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"
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