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diff --git a/share/man/man4/sa.4 b/share/man/man4/sa.4 index aedc72c8758e..15970b01584c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sa.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sa.4 @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ before a .Tn SCSI sequential access device can be configured. .Sh MOUNT SESSIONS -The +The .Nm -driver is based around the concept of a +driver is based around the concept of a .Dq Em mount session , which is defined as the period between the time that a tape is mounted, and the time when it is unmounted. Any parameters set during @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ close in several ways. These include: .It Closing a `rewind device', referred to as sub-mode 00 below. -An example is +An example is .Pa /dev/sa0 . .It Using the MTOFFL @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Bits 0 and 1 of the minor number are interpreted as The sub-modes differ in the action taken when the device is closed: .Bl -tag -width XXXX .It 00 -A close will rewind the device; if the tape has been +A close will rewind the device; if the tape has been written, then a file mark will be written before the rewind is requested. The device is unmounted. .It 01 @@ -99,18 +99,18 @@ Any further reads or writes will occur directly after the last read, or the written file mark. .It 10 A close will rewind the device. -If the tape has been +If the tape has been written, then a file mark will be written before the rewind is requested. On completion of the rewind an unload command will be issued. The device is unmounted. .El .Sh BLOCKING MODES .Tn SCSI -tapes may run in either +tapes may run in either .Sq Em variable or .Sq Em fixed -block-size modes. Most +block-size modes. Most .Tn QIC Ns -type devices run in fixed block-size mode, where most nine-track tapes and many new cartridge formats allow variable block-size. The difference @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ between the two is as follows: .Bl -inset .It Variable block-size: Each write made to the device results in a single logical record -written to the tape. One can never read or write +written to the tape. One can never read or write .Em part of a record from tape (though you may request a larger block and read a smaller record); nor can one read multiple blocks. Data from a @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Many older .Tn SCSI-1 devices may not work properly with this driver yet. .Pp -Additionally, certain +Additionally, certain tapes (QIC tapes mostly) that were written under .Fx 2.X |