> That sounds reasonable. Let me probe around to find which device number the
> tape responds to. It appears on different numbers because I have a huge
> removable SCSI volume that enumerates earlier than the tape drive and
> changer in the /dev/sg(x) list if it happens to be mounted today. If I left
> it mounted all the time, the stupid desktop motherboard would try to boot
> from this storage volume.
>
> This error message takes about a minute to appear (/dev/nst0 behaves the
> same way):
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mtx -f /dev/st0 inquiry
> cannot open SCSI device '/dev/st0' - Input/output error
>
mtx is only for the changer resource and not the tape drive. Although
they are part of one unit they are completely different devices. Use
the mt command to find the tape drive.

 mt -f /dev/nst0 stat

John

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