hi folks
would really appreciate some help, thanks!
here's the story. been struggling with ftape 4.02, and the iomega
2 gig (new-expanded capacity 3.7 gig) tape drive. i have started
over from scratch to make SURE i am doing everything according to
instructions.
1) recompiled kernel 2.036 without support for qic-80, make sure
no ft line in /proc/devices
2) /etc/conf.modules looks like this:
alias eth0 3c509
alias char-major-27 zftape
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
3) reboot, to make sure no processes have the tape drive. even
powered off, to make *sure*.
4) unpack sources of ftape 4.02 from scratch.
5) only modification to MCONFIG file is to change from a 486
to a 586 processor.
6) make, and make install. everything compiles clean, no errors
(i saved the output if you care to see it).
7) modprobe zftape. seems fine.
8)/sbin/modprobe ftape-internal
Initialization of ftape-internal failed
ftape: Device or resource busy
WHAT>>?? why does it say device or resource busy? there is no tape
in the drive, and the drive hasn't been accessed. according to the faq,
this message should only come if a process is still running holding
on to the drive, like tar. but the only command run was the modprobe, i
haven't
tried putting any tape in the drive yet >?????
i believe i am following the instructions exactly. at this point i am stuck
HELP!
thank you!
sadhu
ps: here's the output of dmesg:
ftape v4.02 08/29/98
(c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
(c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
(c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
Compiled for Linux version 2.0.36
installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
ftape_init @ 0x0280b1b0.
zftape for ftape v4.02 08/29/98
fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @ 0x0284476c.
[000] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for ftape-internal tape drive
slot 1.
[001] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for ftape-internal tape drive
slot 2.
[002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for ftape-internal tape drive
slot 3.
