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Host-specific information

The following documentation describes host-specific information that you may need to adjust according to your system requirements.

Device names

If installing from tape, Install reads and installs your distribution. You must use a non-rewinding tape device, so that the tape drive maintains the tape location at the beginning of the compressed tar file after extracting Install.

The following examples show non-rewinding tape devices for each system. See your system administrator for the name of the non-rewinding tape device on your particular host. Notice also the man pages with tape device information.

Standard DAT tape drives

platform

    device



    man page



m68k-hp-hpux

    /dev/rmt/0mn

    use man 7 mt

hppa1.1-hp-hpux

    /dev/rmt/0mn

    use man 7 mt

mips-sgi-irix5

    /dev/mt/tps1d5nrns

    use man tps

(Note: You must also use a non-byte-swapping device for the SGI Iris.)