Hi Rob,
> I notice from my /var/log/messages, that, regardless of whether the Ditto has a tape
> in, some part of ftape or other returns 'no tape present'. I assume that this is
>because
> the Ditto is incapable of detecting if it has a tape in, being so cheap, and that the
> 'Device not configured' is a consequence of this? Am I right?
No, the message "Device not configured" means that your
program, let it be ftmt or tar, is not able to talk to the
drive. That means that there is some configuration error.
Tell us, how do you load the modules? Show us relevant
snippets of /var/log/messages.
>
> Rob
>
>
Martin
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