Try doing a "modprobe st" and see if you can get it loaded into the kernel. Then do an "lsmod" and look for the tape drive. Are you loading the correct module for the 3ware card? Seems like it's having issues with loading the card properly. Any chance that the card is too new for the kernel (if it's a stock RH7 kernel)? -- Shawn "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear." -Mark Twain Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list