John Drescher wrote:
 >>> You should always use /dev/nst0 instead of /dev/st0 with bacula. But
 >>> it is okay here as a test. I believe the reason for this error is
 >>> bacula has the tape drive open so external programs can not read the
 >>> tape.
 >> If it is already open, shouldn't it give a "Device or resource busy" 
error?
 >>
 > I think you are correct. Then this looks like a serious hardware
 > problem. One would not expect to see an IO error on just getting the
 > status of a tape.
 >

Something else could have the device blocking as well.

`fuser /dev/nst0` could be helpful.

 > John
 >

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