I am using : - SuSE Linux 7.3; - tape drive model : IBM 3590 CART (1/2 inch cartridge) capacity : 10 GB; - my tape cartridge is : BASF by EMTEC 4D-90 m Digital Data Storage (4 mm Data Cartridge, 90 m/297 ft). I'm now confused because each time I start to do interactive backup my arkeia doesn't run the backup but only push the tape cartridge out from its place. Here are message on my interactive backup menu : " 2002/12/04 12:59 Start of backup savepack "apachesavepack", Drivepack "mydrivepacks", pool "mypool" 2002/12/04 12:59 Owner is root 2002/12/04 12:59 Adding savepack "apachesavepack" 2002/12/04 12:59 Got "1" families 2002/12/04 12:59 got "1" drives between "1" 2002/12/04 12:59 Loading tape "mytape" in drive "mydrive" 2002/12/04 12:59 Checking drive "mydrive" 2002/12/04 12:59 Can't open device of drive "mydrive" 2002/12/04 12:59 Unloading tape from drive "mydrive" 2002/12/04 12:59 Loading tape "mytape" in drive "mydrive" 2002/12/04 12:59 Checking drive "mydrive" 2002/12/04 12:59 Please insert tape "mytape" in drive "mydrive" " But I have re-inserted my tape cartridge into the tape drive but than the backup didn't run absolutely... What is my mistake. Please tell me, where my problem is. I want to backup my data of my apache server, mysql server and my server administration onto a tape cartridge. Thank you very much in advance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/