Linux newbie question: what is the best way to find out if my tape drive problems are from samba or hardware? I get the following on the server console: smb_get_length: recv error=5 smb_request: result -5, setting invalid smb_retry: new pid=621, generation=2 (now up to gen=5) when I run the backup script, I get a different message: st0:Error with sense data:[valid=0] Info fld=0x0, deferred st09:00:Sense key medium error Additional sense indicates sequential positioning error st0: Error on write filemark st0:Error with sense data: Info fld=0x2800, current st09:00:Sense key medium error Thanks, Andy