This procedure is executed in the first steps of the installation of MIDAS. It asks the operator to choose one system name from a list of names available. The names are in fact subdirectories under /midas/98NOV/install/unix/systems and they contain system-dependent files of known systems. When selection is made, the procedure will copy all files from the subdirectory identified by that name to the local directory /midas/98NOV/local.
Tape interfaces for some known systems are provided in the MIDAS
distribution tape.
The module iodev.c containing the tape interface for your system,
together with a makefile to compile it, can be found in the directory
/midas/98NOV/local/libsrc/os/unix after 5 - preinstall has been
executed. If this is your case, your module will be automatically
compiled and included in the libraries, so your INTAPE/OUTTAPE
commands are ready to access your tape unit.
NOTE: The iodev.c modules provided for some known systems should be always tested. In same cases they might need some changes since there are many things that could modify the behavior of the tape interface (e.g. new releases of the O.S., new devices, modification in the drivers, etc)
If you have already written your own iodev.c module just copy it
to your
/midas/98NOV/local/libsrc/os/unix if you have this directory,
otherwise copy it to /midas/98NOV/libsrc/os/unix.