Tape drive doesn't show when booting from linux rescue - FC4 - Help?!

I have a dds4 scsi tape drive which works fine under FC4. However,
when I boot from the cd into rescue mode `linux SELINUX=0 rescue`,
bypass the sysimage option directly to the prompt, I have no tape drive
unver /dev/st0 or /dev/nst0 I'm trying to restore a tar of this
computer's filesystem to an ext3 fs on an mdadm RAID 1 array (/dev/md0
which is accessible when issuing the command startraid /dev/md0)

The tape drive shows up correctly under /proc/scsi/scsi but I have no
representative device under /dev/...

After disabling selinux by passing the above kernel parameter, I was
able to get /dev/sda* to appear so that I could record the logs below
to a pen drive for this post...

Output of /proc/scsi/scsi, lsmod and dmesg follow:

***************/proc/scsi/scsi:**************************************************
Attached devices:
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 06240-XXX Rev: 910B
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 1.02
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

*************lsmod***************************************************************
Module Size Used by Not tainted
st 39137 0 - Live 0xf0a58000
parport_pc 28805 0 - Live 0xf09f1000
parport 39689 1 parport_pc, Live 0xf0a4d000
dm_snapshot 17669 0 - Live 0xf0a02000
dm_mirror 25261 0 - Live 0xf09fa000
dm_zero 2113 0 - Live 0xf08c6000
dm_mod 58997 3 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror,dm_zero, Live 0xf09c3000
xfs 589073 0 - Live 0xf0fab000
exportfs 8513 1 xfs, Live 0xf08f2000
jfs 205821 0 - Live 0xf0b15000
reiserfs 265909 0 - Live 0xf0ad3000
ext3 132297 0 - Live 0xf0a67000
jbd 79449 1 ext3, Live 0xf0a2a000
msdos 9537 0 - Live 0xf0925000
raid6 107857 0 - Live 0xf0a0e000
raid5 29121 0 - Live 0xf09e8000
xor 15305 2 raid6,raid5, Live 0xf092b000
raid1 21441 0 - Live 0xf09bc000
raid0 8513 0 - Live 0xf08f6000
usb_storage 72585 1 - Live 0xf09d5000
aic7xxx 164629 0 - Live 0xf0969000
scsi_transport_spi 19777 1 aic7xxx, Live 0xf0901000
sis900 21569 0 - Live 0xf08fa000
ohci_hcd 25825 0 - Live 0xf089f000
ehci_hcd 39757 0 - Live 0xf091a000
sr_mod 19045 0 - Live 0xf08be000
sd_mod 20161 2 - Live 0xf08a7000
scsi_mod 145161 6
st,usb_storage,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi,sr_mod,sd_mod, Live
0xf0997000
pcspkr 4253 0 - Live 0xf0882000
edd 10017 0 - Live 0xf087e000
floppy 63733 0 - Live 0xf0909000
loop 18121 2 - Live 0xf0899000
nfs 214825 0 - Live 0xf0933000
lockd 63209 1 nfs, Live 0xf08ad000
sunrpc 162821 2 nfs,lockd, Live 0xf08c9000
vfat 13377 1 - Live 0xf0879000
fat 53981 2 msdos,vfat, Live 0xf088a000
cramfs 42677 1 - Live 0xf0860000
vga16fb 13225 1 - Live 0xf0835000
vgastate 9665 1 vga16fb, Live 0xf0831000


************************dmesg************************************************
00a0000
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 2 devices found
input: PC Speaker
input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on isa0060/serio1
SCSI subsystem initialized
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.2[C] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level,
low) -> IRQ 5
ehci_hcd 0000:00:09.2: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:09.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:09.2: irq 5, io mem 0xcefebf00
ehci_hcd 0000:00:09.2: park 0
ehci_hcd 0000:00:09.2: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec
2004
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 5 ports detected
ohci_hcd: 2004 Nov 08 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
(PCI)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] enabled at IRQ 5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.2[D] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 5 (level,
low) -> IRQ 5
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.2: irq 5, io mem 0xcefed000
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:02.3[A] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level,
low) -> IRQ 11
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.3: irq 11, io mem 0xcefee000
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level,
low) -> IRQ 11
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.0: irq 11, io mem 0xcefe9000
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 5
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.1[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level,
low) -> IRQ 5
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.1: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
ohci_hcd 0000:00:09.1: irq 5, io mem 0xcefea000
usb 3-1: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 1.02
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
usbcore: deregistering driver usb-storage
sis900.c: v1.08.08 Jan. 22 2005
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKG] -> GSI 11 (level,
low) -> IRQ 11
0000:00:03.0: Realtek RTL8201 PHY transceiver found at address 1.
0000:00:03.0: Using transceiver found at address 1 as default
eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd400, IRQ 11, 00:07:95:37:29:e7.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level,
low) -> IRQ 5
scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36
<Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter>
aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs

Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 06240-XXX Rev: 910B
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
target1:0:6: Beginning Domain Validation
WIDTH IS 1
(scsi1:A:6): 6.600MB/s transfers (16bit)
target1:0:6: Domain Validation skipping write tests
(scsi1:A:6): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit)
target1:0:6: Ending Domain Validation
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
Unable to load NLS charset utf8
Unable to load NLS charset utf8
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev loop0.
usb 3-1: reset full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
Vendor: Generic Model: STORAGE DEVICE Rev: 1.02
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sda: 512000 512-byte hdwr sectors (262 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 02 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2
md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
raid5: measuring checksumming speed
8regs : 1148.000 MB/sec
8regs_prefetch: 1424.000 MB/sec
32regs : 1156.000 MB/sec
32regs_prefetch: 904.000 MB/sec
pII_mmx : 2836.000 MB/sec
p5_mmx : 3784.000 MB/sec
raid5: using function: p5_mmx (3784.000 MB/sec)
md: raid5 personality registered as nr 4
raid6: int32x1 398 MB/s
raid6: int32x2 378 MB/s
raid6: int32x4 324 MB/s
raid6: int32x8 292 MB/s
raid6: mmxx1 828 MB/s
raid6: mmxx2 1402 MB/s
raid6: sse1x1 746 MB/s
raid6: sse1x2 1312 MB/s
raid6: using algorithm sse1x2 (1312 MB/s)
md: raid6 personality registered as nr 8
JFS: nTxBlock = 6058, nTxLock = 48464
SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, large block numbers, no debug
enabled
SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
device-mapper: 4.4.0-ioctl (2005-01-12) initialised:
dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
st: Version 20050312, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
Attached scsi tape st0 at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B), max page reachable by HBA
1048575
program anaconda is using a deprecated SCSI ioctl, please convert it to
SG_IO
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
cramfs: wrong magic
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sda.
ReiserFS: sda: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find
reiserfs on sda
XFS: bad magic number
XFS: SB validate failed
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
cramfs: wrong magic
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.
FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda.
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sda.
ReiserFS: sda: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find
reiserfs on sda
XFS: bad magic number
XFS: SB validate failed
VFS: Can't find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda1.
Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
cramfs: wrong magic

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