I am trying to get my Ditto Max and Ditto Dash to work on my Cyrix 150+, RedHat 5.2 machine. I want to thank those of you that have answered my previous emails. No matter what I do I can't get the command: ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status to work. I get Operation not supported. Here is the snippet from my /var/log/messages Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: ftape v4.03-pre-2 11/05/98 Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED] .rwth-aachen.de) Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/ MAX floppy tape drives. Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.0.36 Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ... Jan 1 14:53:36 sounds kernel: ftape_init @ 0x0581c1b0. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @ 0x0580f7e 4. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: [000] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_R3448e164) - Probi ng for ftape-internal tape drive slot 0. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: [001] 0 fdc-internal.c (_fdc_int_detect) - called with count 0. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: [002] 0 fdc-internal.c (_fdc_int_detect) - fdc[0] base: 0x0210, irq: 5, dma: 0. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: [003] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #1 @ 04126398, dma area @ 00378000. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: [004] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #2 @ 04126418, dma area @ 00370000. Jan 1 14:53:37 sounds kernel: [005] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #3 @ 04126498, dma area @ 00368000. My Ditto Dash is set to IRQ 5 DMA 0 Channel 3. ! am using the ftape-tools-1_07-1_i386.rpm. I tried recompiling ftape but for whatever reason my gcc compiler won't work. I am not sure if this is all related. Anyone have any pointers. TIA John J. Boris, Sr. Boris Computer Services/ONLine Services email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bbs: The Bleeding Edge 609-858-9221
