I had this same problem. After compiling I followed the instructions about setting up auto kernel loading and I got the same message. Looking at /var/log/messages, suggested it couldn't load a driver. When I did a lsmod I saw I had ftape and zftape but not ftape-internal. When I did a modprobe ftape-internal it worked like a dream. At one point I even cut out the text from the readme file but this also failed so it wasn't a typo! In the end I had to resort to putting the modules in rc.modules file. Oh well mine works well now. Bob Weeks 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
