> I noticed that the major number for tape devices in the 2.2 kernels was 254. > On my Red Hat 7.2 system, it's 37. Was this something that is supposed to > happen with all the distributions at the 2.4 kernel level? Or was this > something Red Hat specific?
There is an official registry of device numbering (www.lanana.org). 254 is an experimental internal use one, not an official tape ident
