On 1/2/07, Larry D Sorensen <larry.sorensen at juno.com> wrote: > That sounds logical, but /dev/st0 is not a block device. 'mount' is > looking for a block device to mount. Don't "mount" it, write to it, e.g.: # tar -cvf /dev/st0 /home # tar -cvf /dev/st0 my_oracle_backup etc. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis, MCP, GCWN http://www.linuxwiz.net/