Hi ; I used a scsi tape driver (/dev/st2) on a red hat 7.2 system ia64. when I rewind first the tape, it is ok when I write a long file on the tape (dump 0f /dev/st2 /dev/sda3), dump seems to be ok, but the next rewind operation ( mt rewind ) gives an error message : /dev/st2: Input/output error and , in the /var/log/messages, I get : kernel: st2: Error 26030000 (sugg. bt 0x20, driver bt 0x6, host bt 0x3). but when I wrote a little file (tar cvf /dev/st2 /etc/passwd) the next rewind operation will be ok. I have no scsi conflict on my SCSI chains and I put a terminator at the end of it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated Thanks ! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Philippe BATTU Phone : (33) 04 76 29 73 43 Localisation: B1/403 Fax : (33) 04 76 29 75 18 Mail : jean-philippe.battu@bull.net Bull, 01 Rue de Provence B.P. 208 38432 Echirolles FRANCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------