On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:51:16 +0200 Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please paste your dmesg output somewhere. The SCSI controller that > connects the drive is probably not even recognized. dmesg | grep -i tape shows nothing dmesg | grep -i scsi shows nothing too. As the device is conected to a sata port, I have tried: dmesg | grep -i sata ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 1 SControl 310) ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps (The 2 above lines repeats hundreds of times) But I'm not sure it has any connection to the tape drive. Any ideas? Thanks for the help!