Hi Jeffrey,
> ...
> I try to use the example found in FAQ:
>
> # cd /usr/src
> # tar cf /dev/ftape linux
>
> result:
>
> tar: Cannot open /dev/ftape: Input/output error
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> I'm using an FC-20 controller with an HP Colorado T3000 drive.
> The version of ftape is 2.08
First of all, your ftape version is prehistoric. Actual
version is 4.03-pre?. Have at look at the ftape homepage and
download actual versions.
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/
I recommend: ftape-4.0?, ftape-tools-1.07 and the
documentation package. Maybe you need actual modutils too.
Check the documentation.
Keep in mind: actual ftape needs kernel compiled without
ftape support and is fully based on modules.
Second, your information is too short to give you further
help. What we should know is: kernel version, module
information and configuration, extract of /var/log/messages.
The latter is the most important because ftape modules send
their error messages to syslogd.
> ...
Martin
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