: Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:08:16 +0200
: From: Wolfgang Scherer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
: I am using linux 2.0.36, a Ditto 2GB, and just installed ftape 4.02 +
: zftape 1.06. To test the installation I requested status info:
: ftmt -f /dev/ftape status and received: ftmt: /dev/ftape no such device.
: /var/log/messages says: Unable to grab IRQ6 for ftape driver
:
: (fdc_int_request_regions) - address 0x3f2 occupied (by floppy driver?),
: using it anyway.
: Mar 31 20:42:21 sol kernel: [005] 0 fdc-internal.c (fdc_int_grab)
: - Unable to grab IRQ6 for ftape driver.
Look in /proc/interrupts which driver uses IRQ 6. It is probably
floppy. Make sure that you haven't mounted a floppy and that no
process has opened the floppy device. Type
fuser -v /dev/fd*
to see which process has opened it. You can't use tape and floppy at
the same time.
Jochen
