Hi Robert, Be sure that ftape is NOT compiled into the kernel, from your message below it looks like it might be. Send a snipit from your /var/log/messages file. Carl On 04-Feb-99 Robert Ruch wrote: > I hope someone can give me a clue to my ftape problem. > I am running linux on an old 486 box with an internal colorado HP > tape drive attached to a fd-20 tape drive card - works fine with > win3.1. So far have had no luck with linux. > > Linux ver 2.0.36 patched with ver 2 patch from ftape 4.02 and > recompiled > > ftape 4.02 compiled with CONFIG set to enable fd-20 card > > when booting there is a message FDC 0 8272A > > when a tape operation ie tar is tried on /dev/qft0 there is a > message > QIC-117 driver ...QIC-3010 QIC-3020 etc > installing QIC -117 > ftape-init @x0100b1 ... > > then a message > tar cannot open /dev/qft0 > operation not supported by device > > dev/qft0 is defined as > crw------- root root 27 0 > > I don't know where to look or what to try next any help will be > appreciated > > Bob Ruch ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Carl J. Nobile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 04-Feb-99 Time: 18:13:18 ----------------------------------
