erf. I've done just about everything I can think of to mount TK50 tapes on my MicroVax (and also on my TK70 on the 4000), and I keep getting the "%MOUNT-I_OPRQST, Please mount device" error. I've tried mounting the tapes with "/FOREIGN" as well - no luck. If I try mounting the tapes with the "/NOASSIST" option - I get the "%MOUNT-F-VOLINV, volume is not software enabled" error. I'm running VMS 6.1. Any ideas? I've tried a half-dozen tapes on both drives with no luck. In fact, there is no tape drive activity at all when the mount command is given. I have been trying to "allocate" the drives beforehand, with no luck in mounting. AGH! Am I doing something dumb? I've been searching the 'NET and "Googling" this problem to death - but I've been following all of the examples. Any ideas? Thanks! - Matt Matthew Sell Programmer On Time Support, Inc. www.ontimesupport.com (281) 296-6066 Join the Metrology Software discussion group METLIST! http://www.ontimesupport.com/subscribe_t&c.htmlhtml. "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler Many thanks for this tagline to a fellow RGVAC'er...