On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 at 10:46am, Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote

> 1. I don't think I have stinit configured; there's no stinit.conf in
> /etc/.

You don't *have* to have stinit set up.

> 2. Using /dev/nst0 works no better than /dev/st0. if I "mt" anything,
> using either, the command prompt just returns after a second, and no
> response from the drive.

If, e.g., the tape is already at BOT, you shouldn't see any response to 
'mt rewind'.

> 3. Tarring directly to the drive, it appears to work OK! "tar -cvf
> /dev/nst0 /home", and the drive blinks for a while.

Can you then read back the image.

Have you tried to amlabel a tape yet?  So far, I'm not seeing a problem...

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University