Hi R, Sunday, May 30, 2004, 12:42:11 AM, you wrote: RPH> On Wed, 26 May 2004, syv wrote: RPH> The problem is that the SCSI module is being cleaned out in RPH> the interval between booting and use of the tape =-- add the RPH> driver to RPH> /etc/modules.conf RPH> and all should be fine. I have this at one site: RPH> [herrold at server4 herrold]$ lsmod | grep x RPH> ext3 68960 9 RPH> jbd 51720 9 [ext3] RPH> aic7xxx 134560 0 RPH> scsi_mod 110876 4 [st megaraid aic7xxx sd_mod] RPH> [herrold at server4 herrold]$ cat /etc/modules.conf RPH> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc RPH> alias eth0 eepro100 RPH> alias eth1 eepro100 RPH> alias scsi_hostadapter megaraid RPH> alias scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx RPH> [herrold at server4 herrold]$ Done, thanks. This leads me to the question: If the SCSI module is being cleaned out in the interval between booting and use of the tape [seems to ,since I added it with insmod, now it works] Why or what is deleting the SCSI module? -- Thanks centos at 911networks.com When the network has to work