John: > I just upgraded my Redhat 9 with 2.4 kernel to FC2 with 2.6 kernel and > now I can no longer acces my EXABYTE 8505 tape drive. > mt stat gives this error: > [root@www john]# mt stat > /dev/tape: No such device or address mt uses /dev/tape rather than the actual device, the symbolic link may have been deleted when you upgraded, relink and you should be there. Nathan.