Jose,
Your problem is very probably related to the old version of your
modutils package. Other participants of this list have had it too. It
went away as soon as the newer modutils version was used.
I copy here the answer of Carl Nobile to a similar problem:
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The modules-2.0.0 utility package has some serious flaws and it
won't work with ftape-internal. Get the newer modutils-2.1.85 that
is used with kernel 2.1.x. You can get it at:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.1/
The docs with the package says it won't compile without a
kernel 2.1.x header files, but it worked with no problems with my
2.0.35 kernel header files.
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Good luck!
Chris
Jose M Figueroa-O'Farrill wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am having problems installing ftape-4.02 under Linux 2.0.27 in a
> Pentium Pro box with an Iomega Ditto Max Pro (i.e., with a Ditto Dash card
> connected to an ISA slot on the motherboard). Maybe someone else has
> had similar problems? Let me tell you what I did:
>
> First of all I patched the floppy.c in the kernel according to the
> ftape manual, and recompiled the kernel.
>
> `make' and `make install' worked fine.
>
> However I get an error when trying to install the ftape-internal
> module. Here's a transcript of a session (the prompt has the time):
>
> <19:42:07> lsmod
> Module: #pages: Used by:
>
> <19:42:09> modprobe ftape
> <19:42:12> lsmod
> Module: #pages: Used by:
> ftape 34 0
>
> <19:42:19> modprobe zftape
> <19:42:22> lsmod
> Module: #pages: Used by:
> zftape 20 0
> ftape 34 [zftape] 0
>
> <19:42:24> modprobe ftape-internal
> Initialization of ftape-internal failed
> ftape: Device or resource busy
>
> <19:42:29>
>
> Meanwhile I got the following messages in /var/log/syslog
>
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: ftape v4.02 08/29/98
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel:
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine
>([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel:
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX
>floppy tape drives.
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: Compiled for Linux version 2.0.27
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
> Jan 21 19:42:11 barney kernel: ftape_init @ 0x088451b0.
> Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: fdc-internal.c: fdc_internal_register @ 0x0887e70c.
>
> and in /var/log/messages
>
> Jan 21 19:42:22 barney kernel: zftape for ftape v4.02 08/29/98
> Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: [000] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rb759df83) - Probing
>for ftape-internal tape drive slot 1.
> Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: [001] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rb759df83) - Probing
>for ftape-internal tape drive slot 2.
> Jan 21 19:42:29 barney kernel: [002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rb759df83) - Probing
>for ftape-internal tape drive slot 3.
>
> Notes: I am not using `swapout' since I have sufficient RAM, but I also
> ===== tried with it with the same result.
>
> I'm using the defaults options in MCONFIG:
>
> 82078_DEV=0
> FDC_OPT = -DCONFIG_FT_FDC_BASE_$(82078_DEV)=0x370 \
> -DCONFIG_FT_FDC_IRQ_$(82078_DEV)=6 \
> -DCONFIG_FT_FDC_DMA_$(82078_DEV)=2 \
> -DCONFIG_FT_NR_BUFFERS=3 \
> -DCONFIG_FT_INT_$(82078_DEV)=1
>
> I also tried the other suggestions (in /etc/modules.conf):
>
> options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x0370 ft_fdc_irq=5 ft_fdc_dma=3
>
> and
>
> options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x0370 ft_fdc_irq=2 ft_fdc_dma=3
>
> with the same results.
>
> The Ditto Dash card is recognised by pnpdump, and I checked in
> /proc to make sure that there are no DMA and IRQ conflicts.
>
> Any help would be inmensely appreciated.
>
> Cheers, Jose
>
> --
> Dr Jos� M Figueroa-O'Farrill, Physics, QMW, London E1 4NS, UK
> Phone: +44.171.415-3781 Fax: +44.181.981-9465
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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