Hi Dennis, hi Claus,
since this seems to bother quite a few people (and the kernel message
comes up quite often when there are configuration problems with ftape),
I did a small search in my Linux Tape List Archive and I found the
following replies, which I bundled in a form appropriate for the FAQ:
"Got 0xf8, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40" - what could be wrong here?
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Question: In messages I found:
kernel: [109] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel
port
tape drive interface for ftape v4.02 08/29/98.
kernel: [110] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_query_proto) - Got 0xf8,
expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
What could be wrong here?
Answer: (from Claus-Justus Heine)
I get this kind of messages when either the tape drive isn't connected
or the IO port and IRQ are configured wrongly. Does it work with
Windows or DOS?
Try to load bpck-fdc, giving the hardware configuration of the
parallel port explicitly, i.e.
insmod bpck-fdc ft_fdc_irq=7 ft_fdc_base=0x378
or whatever is appropriate for your setup. Maybe this helps.
Did you check the cables?
Also, a suggestion from Jaime/Olga Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Try to change your PC IRQ7 in the BIOS Setup to be configured/reserved
trough PCI controller instead of the standard/legacy way. I had the
same problem and All worked fine after I did that.
Regards
Chris
Dennis Putnam wrote:
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> Feb 5 15:19:07 ms265722 kernel: [008] 0 fdc-parport.h
> (ft_parport_probe_one) - base: 0x0378, irq: 7.
> Feb 5 15:19:07 ms265722 kernel: [009] 0 bpck-fdc.c
> (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive interface for ftape
> v4.02 08/29/98.
> Feb 5 15:19:07 ms265722 kernel: [010] bpck-fdc.c
> (bpck_fdc_query_proto) - Got 0x00, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
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