[root@daeserver /]# tar -tf /dev/ht0
tar: /dev/ht0: Cannot read: Invoer/uitvoer fout
tar: Begin van `tape', ik stop nu
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

--Translated:--
tar: /dev/ht0: Cannot read: Input/output error
tar: Start of `tape', stopping now
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

I will try the hard reboot 2night


>Please check whether your tape drive works with standard utilities (tar, 
>dd, mt).  Something seems to be seriously hosed.  Have you already 
>hard-reset everything, by power-cycling?

>Alex