-----Original Message-----
From: Bert Radke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 1:33 PM
Subject: device not configured error ???
>Hi,
>
> I try to get my Iomega Ditto 800 floppy tape under LINUX 2.0.36
>(SuSe 6.0) to work.
>Without much success sofar. I followed the instructions in the Readme
>and in the INSTALL.txt,
>downloaded ftape-4.02, compiled the kernel without ftape, compiled
>ftape ( some patch was needed)
>- everything fine. loaded ftape and zftape as module- ok. I could even
>format one tape without
>problem using one of the "raw" devices.
Thats a good sign
>
>Now, wen I use something like
> ftmt -f /dev/ftape status or tar cf /dev/ftape
>some-file
>I get "Device not configured" error.
>
/dev/ftape is usually a softlink to one of the raw devices.
You will need to make sure this points to the correct raw device
eg: ln -s /dev/ftape /dev/nqft0
>What does this mean, what am I doing wrong?
>
>The Ditto 800 is connected to the FDC together with the floppy ( which
>is not used )
>
>Any help needed.
>please reply directly to me, since I'm not on the mailing list.
>
>thank you
>
>Bert Radke
Barry Zubel
Technical Manager
City Mutual Ltd
www.citymutual.com
