/etc/sysconfig/hwconf and Onstream tape drives

[Willem Riede]

I'm trying to get Onstream {SC|DI} tape drives - osstX devices - to be  
detected and set up correctly in FC3 Test 3, just as stX devices are. In spite  
of staring at the startup scripts for some time, I'm not sure where to start.

To quote a segment of my /etc/sysconfig/hwconf:

-
class: TAPE
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: st0
        ^^^  this should be osst0
driver: ignore
desc: "Onstream SC-30"
host: 0
id: 3
channel: 0
lun: 0
generic: sg0
-
class: TAPE
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: st1
        ^^^  this should be st0
driver: ignore
desc: "Onstream ADR Series"
host: 3
id: 0
channel: 0
lun: 0
generic: sg6
-
class: TAPE
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: st2
        ^^^  this should be osst1
driver: ignore
desc: "Onstream DI-30"
host: 4
id: 0
channel: 0
lun: 0
generic: sg7
-
class: TAPE
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: st3
        ^^^  this should be st1
driver: ignore
desc: "Conner CTT8000-A"
host: 5
id: 0
channel: 0
lun: 0
generic: sg8
-

What creates /etc/sysconfig/hwconf? Does it drive everything else?
If not, what is the point at which I should start unraveling this?

Thanks for your help, Willem Riede.