On Tuesday 15 March 2005 12:14, Eric Shibata wrote: >HELP! >I can't even get the status. No matter what I do I get the following > error. > >/dev/tape: Input/output error >/dev/st0: Input/output error > >Tape drive: HP SureStore T4i > >ERS That sounds a bit like cabling and or termination problems. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.