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+[
+{ type: install
+ message: <<EOM
+This only works with IBM Enterprise Tape, or IBM-branded LTO-5 and newer tape
+drives, although there is a file backend for simulation purposes.
+
+You will only be able to read and write tapes with a blocksize <= MAXPHYS,
+which is 128KB by default. Put the following in your kernel config file and
+recompile/reinstall to allow reading and writing tapes up to the maximum LTFS
+blocksize of 1MB:
+
+options MAXPHYS=(1024*1056)
+EOM
+}
+]