Thank you for your kind assistance. I have just completed a backup to the dlt and everything went fine. I have added the entry "alias scsi-host-adapter initio" to the /etc/modprobe.conf file and I will test whether this works as expected later this weekend. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3