Mike Duncan wrote:
>
> Hey all--
>
> I have a Ditto Insider 3200 tape drive that connects to the floppy
> controller. This drive works flawlessly under Windows, but I am having
> a problem getting our favorite OS to recognize it. I compile ftape into
> the kernel using the "make xconfig" command, and during bootup, the
> messages indicates that it installs fine.
>
> When I go to use the drive, however, it complains that /dev/ftape
> doesn't exist and then it exits.
>
> RH6.0
> ftape 3.04 (I know it's not the most recent, but it should still work)
> Iomega Ditto Insider 3200 with tape
> etc.....
Could be that the driver for the tape drive is compiled as a module.
Try:
insmod ftape
-or-
insmod ftape.o
(don't recall which). You may need to be root to do this as well. Then
try your tape.
Bob L.
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