Mark Barnes, > I did get the leading / on the /dev/ht0 in the mt command, and modprobe > ide-tape doesn't change the result. Does /dev/hdd need to be linked > to /dev/ht0? Just guessing here. I think ht0 is a device that should be fine on it's own. (Given that the underlying modules are in place.) What does dmesg | grep hdd output? -- regards, Christopher Pharo Glæserud