I have found that an inventory helps alot if tapes have been shifted manually by staff before I run the status. Try mtx -f /dev/sg5 inventory and then mtx -f /dev/sg5 status and I think it will work. We only swap tapes on a weekly basis in our changer and I have a shell script changing the tapes depending on the day. HTH, -- Magnus Andersen Systems Administrator / Oracle DBA Walker & Associates, Inc. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list