Hi Folks,
I upgraded my machine to a Pentium 233Mhz since most of you that have
helped said the Cyrix PR150+ wasn't fast enough to handle the Ditto Dash
card. So here I am. I have the system back up. Compiled ftape-4.03-pre-2,
isapnptools 1.17, the latest modutils. I can retention the tape, eject the
tape and get status. I have tried 5 different cartridges, 3 7gb sizes, one
1.8gb size and one 2.5gb size. All tell me they aren't formatted. Oh yeah I
have ftape-tools 1.07 installed.
Am I missing something?
the isapnp goes fine and when I do:
. insert
from the ftape directory I don't get any error messages. The console screen
says it is installing a QIC-117 drive.
I hope this can be salvaged if not I guess I am going to move onto the next
option an IDE Tape or SCSI Tape.
Thanks to all of you who have helped in this. Below is the last set of
messages from
ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
Jan 18 17:32:39 sounds kernel: [067] 0 ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_get_drive_status_Rfce64bdc) - error status set.
Jan 18 17:32:40 sounds kernel: [068] 0 ftape-io.c
(ftape_report_error_R1e3db2bb) - errorcode: 38.
Jan 18 17:32:41 sounds kernel: [069] 0 ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_get_drive_status_Rfce64bdc) - status: new cartridge.
Jan 18 17:32:42 sounds kernel: [070] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) -
Warning: tape is not formatted !.
Jan 18 17:32:43 sounds kernel: [071] 0 ftape-io.c
(ftape_report_configuration) - Unknown Travan tape type detected.
Jan 18 17:32:43 sounds kernel: [072] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) -
post QIC-117B drive @ 2000 Kbps.
Jan 18 17:32:44 sounds kernel: [073] 0 ftape-io.c
(ftape_report_error_R1e3db2bb) - errorcode: 38.
Jan 18 17:32:45 sounds kernel: [074] 0 ftape-read.c
(ftape_read_header_segment_Rb3ab1535) - Cartridge is not formatted.
Jan 18 17:32:45 sounds kernel: [075] 0 zftape-read.c
(zft_read_header_segments)
-ftape_read_header_segment_Rb3ab1535(zftape->ftape, zftape->hseg_buf)
failed: -5.
I am out of tapes (5 of them). Also there is a white plastic arm on the
tray. Should that be moved over the cartridge? I have tried this so many
ways I am starting to see these things in my dreams.
Thanks again.
I am going to post this to the list to see if anyone else has an idea.
John J. Boris, Sr. Boris Computer Services/ONLine Services
email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
bbs: The Bleeding Edge 609-858-9221
