On 05/03 02:18 , Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> I can do an 'mt -f /dev/st0 status' on it, and get a reasonable response
> back. However, it refuses to eject the tape. I issue a 'mt -f /dev/st0
> rewoffl', and it does nothing. dmesg reports:

heh. this is one case where reading the manual actually helped. 
turns out this isn't a tape drive with auto-eject. You have to pull the tape
out manually. 

problem solved.

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Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
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