Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> I have an Iomega Ditto Easy 3200 with the Ditto Dash 2 MB/s accelerator
> card and have had no problems with ftape-3.04d. After reading this
> thread, I recompiled the 2.2.6 kernel w/o tape support and installed
> ftape-4.x-1999_03_29. I have tried over and over and mostly the drive
> seems to be recognized but I can't get any operations to actually
> execute. I keep getting messages like:
>
> ftmt: /dev/nqft0: Input/output error
>
> I checked the /proc entries and /proc/ftape/0/cartridge reported:
>
> cartridge not formatted
>
> However this cartridge worked fine with ftape-3.04d. Trying to format
> gives:
>
> Unknown format API version. Giving up.
>
> Any ideas before I give up and return to 3.04d?
>
> Bob
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 12:02:27PM -0700, Tim Jones wrote:
> > Rodney,
> >
> > Nope - those are still 3.04d. Please answer NO to the kernel configure
> > optiosn for ftape and grab the latest version from Claus' site. They
> > will still be modules, but they work a lot better. The main secret - do
> > not use the ftape drivers in the kernel tree.
> >
> > Tim
>
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Bob,
Honestly, yours is a case where upgrading doesn't really buy you
anything. The latest version is only required for the newer drives (the
Pertec being one of them). Your Ditto Easy 3200 was one of the first
drives that properly worked under 3.04d in the TR-3 family.
Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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