On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:48:47AM -0500, Andy Howell wrote:
> I added the 
> following entry to /kernel/drv/st.conf, rebooted and it worked. Not sure 
> what all the parameters mean.
> 
> tape-config-list=
>          "EXABYTE IBM-8505",     "Exabyte IBM-8505 8mm Helical 
> Scan","IBM-8505";
> IBM-8505        =       1,0x29,0,0xce39,4,0x14,0x15,0x8c,0x8c,1;

For reference, it's documented in st(7D), in the section called
"Tape Configuration".

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