>
>Following is my conf.modules
>alias char-major-27 zftape
>options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
>options bpck-fdc ft_fdc_irq=7 ft_fdc_base=0x3BC
>
Hi - are you sure your io address is correct? Usually 0x3bc is used to access the
third parallel port; 0x378 would be the usual io address for the first port. But
maybe things on your machine are different.
>
>darkstar:~# modprobe zftape
>ftape v4.03-pre-3 03/28/99
>
>(c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
>(c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
>(c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
>Compiled for Linux version 2.0.35
>installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
>ftape_init @ 0x080421b0.
>
>
>Following commands produce indicated results
>
>darkstar:~# mt -f /dev/qft0 status
I'm not sure if this matters, but in order to get access to a floppy
tape drive you should prefer ftmt against mt-st.
At least under ftmt all of the necessary modules get loaded automatically if
you have set up your conf.modules the right way. If this doesn't work, well, of course
you can load them manually either by modprobe (using the options stated in
conf.modules)
or by insmod; in the latter case you have to type in all of the options right after
the insmod command, because insmod doesn't look up conf.modules.
>/dev/qft0: No such device or address
>darkstar:~# mt -f /dev/qft1 status
>/dev/qft1: No such device or address
according to your conf.modules only /dev/qft0 will have a chance to be accessed...
>darkstar:~# mt -f /dev/qft2 status
>/dev/qft2: No such device or address
>darkstar:~# mt -f /dev/qft3 status
>/dev/qft3: No such device or address
>
>
>If I issue the following command
>
>darkstar:~# modprobe bpck-fdc
>bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0x08083530
>
>then the following commands
>darkstar:~# mt -f /dev/qft0 status
>/dev/qft0: Device or resource busy < note this change
yes.
ok, I can see kernel 2.0.35 - have you already upgraded to modutils 2.1.121?
You can verify the version of you modutils by typing in
insmod -V
if you see 2.0.0: Very bad. Only the insmod using way of loading will work (remember th
subsequent options right after insmod). You can install modutils-2.1.121 despite the
fact
that you use kernel 2.0.x. - it doesn't matter. This is even true despite of the
warnings
in the modutils docs.
Ok - in the meantime - good luck,
cheers, Juergen.
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