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At 09:20 PM 2/3/99 +0100, you wrote:
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>Hi -
>the last two weeks my postings didn't get to the list either -
anyway.
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Thanks for the reply, it seems to be working for both of us now.
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>tell us, please, which kernel you have and which kind of drive.
>The parport module is only needed under kernel 2.1.x, 2.2.x, not
under
>2.0.x. So you have to change at least this part of the insert script.
I have the Red Hat 5.1 distribution. Which gives me kernel 2.0.35.
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>But for the first time struggling with your drive I recommend
>loading the modules manually instead of using the insert script.
>You need three of them, for example
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> modprobe ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
> modprobe zftape
> modprobe bpck-fdc ft_fdc_parport=0
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>but these are the right commands ONLY for external drives using the
>bpck-protocol like iomega-ditto max. If you have a different drive
>replace bpck-fdc with trakker or with ftape-internal
That is the rub. The documentation says it supports the QIC-3020
format but not what to load to use it. I have a Conner CTT800E
external drive which is supposed to be QIC-3020.
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>ah, is this an internal or an external one?
>internal would force you to use ftape-internal instead of
>the bpck-fdc mentioned above.
>And there are a couple of different options for ftape-internal, but
>this can be taken from the manual. I myself don't know anything about
>internal drives.
No it is external.
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>Bye, Juergen.
Thanks again. It will be nice to get this working. I don't want to put
a lot of effort into Linux until I know I can backup and recover.
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