I've used this drive (with the Dash accelerator card) quite successfully
with 3.04d. I tried 4.02 and it sort-of worked, but I had many errors.
Bob
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> OK I have been using most of ftape 3.x versions with this unit
> (ditto 3200). I am using kernel 2.0.36, modutils-2.1.85. The
> kernel and ftape have been compiled with gcc-2.7.x.x.
>
> I do not know why but I do not succeed to get ftape working! I just
> tried 3.04d and 4.02 without success. Of course the kernel has been
> compiled without ftape support. I have installed
> ftape-tools-1.07.
>
> when I try
>
> ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
>
> I get
>
> ftmt: /dev/qft0: Device not configured.
>
> Nothing is happening with the tape, not even the light blinking.
> I have applied the patch for the broken floppy.
>
> Any idea what is wrong here.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dominic
>
>
>
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