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.
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 Mt-st diverts (replaces) the GNU version of mt, in the cpio package.
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 It also comes with stinit, a program to be run at boot time to set up
 tape defaults.