On 2005-08-30 13:25:09 -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > As to the other suggestions, my /dev/tape ls symlinked to /dev/nst0, so is
> > not rewinding.
> 
> Typically 'tape' references st0 and 'ntape' references nst0.
>
OTOH, my install of CentOS 4, something (udev, manages /dev
on most new linux kernel based OS Distros) has automagically 
made the  symlink from tape to nst0, not st0. Not saying it's right, 
or conventional in the wider ixoid world, just that that's what 
happened and that's what a fresh install of CentOS 4 (and 
therefore presumably what RHEL4) will do.

[root@my-server ~]# grep -R tape /etc/udev/rules.d/
/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules:KERNEL="qft0",          SYMLINK="ftape"
/etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules:KERNEL="nst[0-9]*",     SYMLINK="tape%e"