> Thanks for the help. I have this resolved, but in an unexpected way.
>
> Upon your suggestion, I tried accessing the tape using mt. As usual, I
> got an I/O error when trying /dev/rmt/0. I was not clear (still aren't)
> on what all the other symbolic links were in my /dev/rmt/
> directory....items like:
> 0, 0b, 0bn, 0c, 0cb, 0cbn, 0cn, 0h,.....etc.
>
> So I started trying mt -f /dev/rmt/<each_of_the_entries_above>
>
> When I got to /dev/rmt/0l, we had contact, and I could make full use of
> some tar commands. I saw in a doc somewhere that using /dev/rmt/0n
> would prevent the tape from rewinding after the tape was written to.
> What is the meaning of all the other entries/links?
>

execute "man st" and go to the bottom of page 11 to see the meaning of
this device entries.