>Folks, I really need some help. I'm running Linux 2.0.34 and I can't
>get ftape to work with my tape drive.
>I've asked before and never got a reply. I really need to get this tape
>drive running or repalce it with something that will work.
Hi -
A few days before I tried to send two mails to the list and to the
senders personally - but they seem to got lost ; maybe it is the fault
of our university - they have difficulties with their LAN...
I remember you are the one with parallel port ditto and redhat 5.1.
If I am mistaken forget the following.
Well, please try the following:
insmod -V
should state a modutils version of >= 2.1.85, because 2.0.0 doesn't work.
then load the modules manually:
insmod ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
insmod zftape
insmod bpck-fdc ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7
I myself got 'device not configured" after having upgraded to Redhat 5.1.
But I solved the problem by explicitly stating the values of base and irq.
The values I just proposed assume your drive is connected to your first
parallelport. If it were connected to the second one you would have to
take 0x278 and 5.
Ok,
have a try,
and now I am interested in the fate of THIS message.
(ok I must admit the admins of our university have major problems with
their LAN.:-/ )
By the way, my email is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>(fdc_register_R1d21a7c2
>) - Probing for ftape-internal tape drive slot 0.
aeh, you do not need ftape-internal, but this is certainly not the
reason for your problems.
>Jan 24 14:29:39 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [003] 0 fdc-internal.c
>(_fdc_int_detect)
> - called with count 0.
>Jan 24 14:29:39 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [004] 0 fdc-internal.c
>(fdc_int_probe_i
>rq) - no irq found.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: trakker.c: trakker_register @
>0x028181d8
iyou don't need this either, but it causes no problem.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @
>0x028634
>44
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [014] fdc-io.c
>(fdc_register_R1d21a7c
>2) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape drive slot 1.
Only slot 0 will work at all, that is only /dev/qft0 and /dev/nqft0, not
qft1 and so on (hardware limitation of ditto, not ftape's fault.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [015] 1 bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_probe) -
> Bpck parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.02 08/29/98.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [016] bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_probe_ir
>q) - no irq found.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [017] 1 bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_probe) -
> Bpck parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.02 08/29/98.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [018] bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_query_pro
>to) - Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [019] 1 bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_probe) -
> Bpck parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.02 08/29/98.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [020] bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_query_pro
>to) - Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [021] 1 bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_detect) - c
>an't find bpck interface for ftape id 1.
>Jan 24 14:29:40 mulkerin-dialin kernel: [022] 1 bpck-fdc.c
>(bpck_fdc_detect) - f
>t_parport_probe(fdc, &bpck->parinfo) failed: -6.
>
>
>
Bye, bye, Juergen.
