Dear all, Thank you very much for your answers, hope is coming back :-)
Especially I will follow the URLs given and I will summarize my results. The Tandberg support also told me to switch comp off without a tape in the drive (the guy showed me that it worked in his environment) but my drive/mt command didn't work at all without an inserted tape. Furthermore the SLR7 do not have any dips or jumpers (I would be happy if so:). best regards Uwe > For my HP, if it was mounted internally, access to the DIP switch > requires removal from the system. HP's own external case has a > cute little tunnel on the bottom to give access. > > Perhaps your Tandberg has a similar setting. ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit Version: AVK 16.5214 from 31.01.2006