Rodney,
I hate to sound condescending, but what is going on in the log files?
Please perform the following and post the results
(/var/log/messages.ftape and /tmp/ftape.status) to the list:
make sure the ftape modules are unloaded
cp /var/log/messages /var/log/messages.preftape
load your ftape modules
insert a tape
ln -s /dev/nqft0 /dev/tape
mt setden 4
mt status 2>&1 >/tmp/ftape.status
tar -cvf /dev/qft0 2>&1 >>/tmp/ftape.status
This will give us more info about what's going on on your system.
Rodney Fisk wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here's today's chapter of this soap opera starring my tape drive and me.
> Got the unstable.
> Built it without a hitch.
> Loaded the modules.
> Retentioned the tape.
> Can't write to it, because the ftformat says "unknown format API, giving
> up."
> Can't use tar. "cannot write to disk /dev/nqft0: permission denied"
> I read in the HOWTO that this might be because of the FD controller.
> I don't think so, because it works under Winblows.
> Suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Rod
>
> Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> >
> > First you may want to use gcc 2.7.2.x for the kernel and modules
> > --- but that is not the error. If it does not work later keep
> > that in mind. (But that is just a educated guess.)
> >
> >
> > You want the latest *un*stable ftape. It's a change in the kernel
> > structures in 2.2.x. Despite the name the unstable drivers are
> > quite stable.
> > http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable/
> >
> > -Wolfgang
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