Re: machine doesn't know it has a tape drive

[paul@taos.intel.com (Paul Collier)]

	>You might try flipping the wide ribbon cable connector 180 degrees -
	>having
	>it on backwards will cause the machine to think there is no tape
	>drive,
	>and might also cause the indicator to light when the machine is
	>simply
	>trying to access the drive.
	
I would be most hesitant to try this. You could well smoke your drive;
besides most ribbon connectors are keyed so as to make it very difficult
to put them on incorrectly.