> By experiment, if I 'modprobe st' on s freshly booted system > with no scsi tape plugged in, I dont get /dev/st0 created, > so I suspect your tape is not visible on the SCSI bus. > What does 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' show? # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00 Vendor: HP Model: C7438A Rev: V312 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 I think yhis looks OK. Many thanks, Stuart. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Proprietor) Linux Specialist (01953) 601294 (07778) 383739 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************