--- server-src/amverify.sh.in.orig	Sun Sep  8 19:44:45 2002
+++ server-src/amverify.sh.in	Sun Sep  8 19:45:01 2002
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@
 	[ X"$DEVICE" = X"" ] \
 		&& $Echoe "No tape device..." \
 		&& exit 1
-	[ ! -c $DEVICE ] \
-		&& $Echoe "Not a character special device: $DEVICE" \
-		&& exit 1
 	$Echoe "Tape device is $DEVICE..."
 	SLOTS=1
 else