File	Date	Author	Commit
AUTHORS	2021-03-04	Szasz Gergely	[ffa740] initial release v0.9
COPYING	2021-03-04	Szasz Gergely	[ffa740] initial release v0.9
ChangeLog	2024-06-07	Gergely Szasz	[50345c] Update Changelog
INSTALL	2021-03-04	Szasz Gergely	[ffa740] initial release v0.9
README	2021-05-20	Gergely Szasz	[50a893] minor changes to "uniform code"
THANKS	2024-05-23	Gergely Szasz	[79f0e2] URLS updated in THANKS
mtp	2024-06-07	Gergely Szasz	[4777dd] fix problem around change partition

Read Me

The Magnetic Tape Partitioning tool (mtp) 0.9
=============================================

mtp is a command line tool for creating partitions on magnetic tapes,
especially on LTO-5+ tapes.
Additionally it can enable and disable the Linux ST (scsi-tape) driver
'can-partitions' option, so you can use mt-st for changing tape partitions.

What mtp does have:

* a little menu for interactive partitioning
* and q batch mode for batch processing

Help! <xyz> doesn't work
------------------------

If you're having a problem using/running mtp, the place
you're most likely to get help is the  official forums at
<https://sourceforge.net/p/mtpx/discussion/>.

What you'll need to run mtp
----------------------------

Linux (or maybe other uni*x like OS)

Required:

* bash
* sg_modes, sg_format, sg_scan, sg_wr_mode, sg_raw from sg3-utils

Optional:

* mt-st

Windows

* it may works on windows (with the windows sg3_utils), but i never tested.

Gergely Szasz <szaszg@hu.inter.net>
4th March, 2021