[PLUG] SCSI 8mm tape/drive question...

["George Gallen" <ggallen@slackinc.com>]

Not sure if this is a tape drive problem or not.

I have a Dell laptop running SLAX (very recent, unsure version#) live-cd,
PCMCIA SCSI adapter -> Exabyte 8505 8mm tape drive (external of course)

On powerup, the adapter is seen by SLAX, and the drive lights blink...
After I login as root, the 8505 is listed under /proc/scsi

If I try to put in a tape it immediately spits it back out,

any attempt to read from /dev/st0 gives an i/o error, 
If I try /dev/st1 it gives a device not found error.

Is there something I need to do to reset the drive? or a module
I need to load? This drive was an internal drive in a working machine,
I just moved it to an external enclosure, so it 'should' still work.

George
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