Did the ftape installation process create the devices? What does
'ls -al /dev/*ft*' show?
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Peter Spiess wrote:
> Hi Carl,
>
> thank you for your mail.
>
> > My /etc/conf.modules looks like this:
> > #
> > # load ftape/zftape automatically
> > #
> > alias char-major-27 zftape
> > pre-install ftape-internal /sbin/swapout 20
> > options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> > options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x370 ft_fdc_irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
>
> Ok, I changed the fdc_base to 0x3f0 (checked with cat /proc/ioports).
> All other is identical. After reboot and a "ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status"
> I get an error-message:
>
> ftmt: /dev/qft0: No such device or address
>
> I do a cat /proc/ftape/driver/drivers and I get:
> Lowlevel fdc drivers registered with ftape
>
> Drivers registered for device 0: ftape-internal
>
> Drivers registered for device 1:
>
> Drivers registered for device 2:
>
> Drivers registered for device 3:
>
> It looks like a little bit different to your message.
>
> > ftape-internal -- driver for internal FDC controllers (FC-10/FC-20/82078
> > /Ditto EZ)
>
> lsmod shows:
> Module Pages Used by
> zftape 20 0 (autoclean)
> ftape 35 [zftape] 0 (autoclean)
>
> Why is "ftape-internal" not shown ?
>
> > Try to do a raw dump to the tape with something like:
> > dd if=somefilename of=/dev/rawft0
>
> It doesn't work (dd: /dev/rawft0: No such device or address)
>
> Servus
> Peter
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