I just got off the phone with the H-P/Colorado Memory System support folks. They tell me that the T-3000 Travan drive is not supported under UNIX (including linux), so they can't give me a device name! Wonder why folks like H-P want to hide the fact that their hardware runs with linux? Anyway, from testing with ftape, I know that the command, 'ftmt -f /dev/zqft0 status' works. So, I'll experiment with BRU. However, where can I read and learn what 'char-major-27 zft-compressor' means? I'm assuming that the name /dev/zqft0 refers to using compression on a floppy tape, and it's the only/first device of that species. Is this correct? TIA, Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. 2404 SW 22nd Street Troutdale, OR 97060-1247 USA Voice: + 503-667-4517 Fax: + 503-667-8863 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.