On Sun, 30 May 2004, syv wrote: > 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? ... modprobe is safer than insmod as a habit, as it will load the entire dependency chain (when it exists). The kernel has the autoclean feature to reclain space from transiently present devices (pccard, usb devices) which tend not to be set up permanently with kudzu or otherwise configured. in the case of a tape drive, it is sort of a coin toss --- I would rather pay the minimal space penalty and place the request in /etc/modules.conf, and not have to think about loading the device. -- Russ Herrold