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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.)