On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:07:07 -0500, Frank Smith <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com> 
wrote:
> I think you're using the wrong device.  The SCSI generic (sg) device
> driver has no knowledge of tape commands like rewind and offline.  You
> need to use something like /dev/mt0, and need to have scsi tape support
> in your kernel (either builtin or a module) or the /dev/mt devices
> won't be created.

You're a genius...I think :-)

I didn't have SCSI tape support in my kernel.  The new bzImage is
currently building.