I have an external SCSI tape and another external dvd drive. I really have no clue as to how to mount them. I only know that if I cat /proc/scsi/scsi I can see the DVD drive (but not the tape drive even though st.o is insmod'ed). Could someone point me twords a good howto for tape backups? Thanks, Aidan -- Watch enough Coke ads and you might start believeing "Coke is life" instead of being caffiene, sugar and carbon dioxide - all poisons.