On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 17:05, Mayur Patel wrote: > Thanks Cokey ! > You got hammer in a nail. > >Well, looks to me like either you don't have a tape in the drive or it > >doesn't know there's a tape there. Did you actually 'load' a tape? I > >don't mean put tapes in the cart. and load the cart. into the changer, I > >mean cause the changer to load a tape in the actual tape drive. > I put tapes in the cart but never loaded. :lol > Thanks for direction Mayur, Just another word of advice good for all tape drives; keep it clean! Get a cleaning tape and use it regularly. A dirty drive can cause all kinds of problems. I use one every third backup session, but that's what works for me. Best Cokey -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email: CSC Work - cdeperci@xxxxxxx Columbia, South Carolina Home - fdepercin@xxxxxxxxx -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Mailscanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list