This was indeed the problem. Upgrading to modutils 2.1.85 fixed
the problem. Thank you very much, Mr. Nobile.
Daryl
Carl J. Nobile wrote:
>
> Hi Daryl,
>
> The modules-2.0.0 utility package has some serious flaws and it
> won't work with ftape-internal. Get the newer modutils-2.1.85 that
> is used with kernel 2.1.x. You can get it at:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/
>
> The docs with the package says it won't compile without a
> kernel 2.1.x header files, but it worked with no problems with my
> 2.0.35 kernel header files.
>
> This might sound like a big pain, but if you don't do it, it won't
> work right. I have Caldera 1.1 and now 1.3 and they don't have the
> newer modutils package. You will have to use rpm to remove the old
> package before you can install the newer one.
>
> Carl
>
> On 10-Dec-98 Daryl Biberdorf wrote:
> > I'm running Caldera 1.2, kernel upgraded to 2.0.35, patches for the
> > 3c905 ethernet card and the floppy drive controller problem
> > (mentioned in
> > the ftape 4.02 docs) applied. The hardware is a Dell OptiPlex GXa,
> > Pentium
> > II, 64 MB RAM, standard onboard floppy controller.
> >
> > I've built the kernel to do modules, and I've successfully built the
> > ftape
> > programs as well.
> >
> > I'm now having problems getting the ftape-internal module to insert
> > into
> > the kernel. I'm doing the following insmod commands (to get it
> > working
> > before I go to kerneld):
> >
> > insmod ./ftape.o ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,\
> > none ft_tracings=3,3,3,3,3
> > insmod ./zftape.o ft_major_device_number=27
> >
> > insmod ./ftape-internal.o ft_fdc_fc10=0 ft_fdc_mach2=0 \
> > ft_fdc_base=0x3f0 ft_fdc_dma=2 ft_fdc_irq=6 \
> > ft_fdc_threshold=15 ft_fdc_rate_limit=4000
> >
> > The first two work fine. The last one fails with
> >
> > "Initialization of ftape-internal failed"
> >
> > The output of lsmod is:
> >
> > Module: #pages: Used by:
> > zftape 20 0
> > ftape 34 [zftape] 0
> >
> > My /etc/conf.modules is:
> >
> > alias char-major-27 zftape
> > options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> > options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x3f0 ft_fdc_irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
> > pre-install ftape-internal /usr/local/bin/swapout 15
> >
> > The system log contains the following lines after trying to install
> > the
> > ftape-internal module:
> > Dec 10 13:21:34 antioch kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register
> > @
> > 0x0484f7
> > 14. Dec 10 13:21:34 antioch kernel: [008] fdc-io.c
> > (fdc_register_Rc1d07396) - Prob
> > ing for ftape-internal tape drive slot 1.
> > Dec 10 13:21:34 antioch kernel: [009] fdc-io.c
> > (fdc_register_Rc1d07396) - Prob
> > ing for ftape-internal tape drive slot 2.
> > Dec 10 13:21:34 antioch kernel: [010] fdc-io.c
> > (fdc_register_Rc1d07396) - Prob
> > ing for ftape-internal tape drive slot 3.
> >
> > I'm lost at this point. What would I need to be looking for to get
> > ftape-internal installed? I'm
> > stumped.
> >
> > Daryl
>
> ----------------------------------
> E-Mail: Carl J. Nobile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 11-Dec-98
> Time: 13:35:41
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