Hello, I had a similar problem with a Seagate STT3401A Travan ide tape drive.
It was reporting: ide-tape: ht0: I/O error, ... After some research, I found the solution on Seagates web site: http://www.certance.com/support/kb/tape/faq/travan40_redhat.html # rmmod ide-tape # rmmod ide-scsi # modprobe ide-scsi The tape drive now works with the device name /dev/st0, for example: # tar cf /dev/st0 /etc Regards, Christopher. -- Christopher Marino (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Marinoc Pty. Ltd. http://www.marinoc.com PO Box 6268, Ph: 07 3352 4711 St Lucia, QLD 4067. Fax: 07 3352 4722 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]