stinit

Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka mt)

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/stinit.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install mt-st
Ubuntu
apt-get install mt-st
Alpine
apk add mt-st
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install mt-st
CentOS
yum install mt-st
Fedora
dnf install mt-st
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mt-st
Raspbian
apt-get install mt-st
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/stinit stinit powered by Commando

mt-st

Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka mt)

Mt-st contains a version of "mt" that is aware of Linux's SCSI tape driver. Mt-st is able to set some esoteric control flags like tape partitions. Mt-st provides an alternative to the GNU version of mt, in the cpio package. It also comes with stinit, a program to be run at boot time to set up tape defaults.