As it turns out, my problem all along was a broken tape in the
cartridge. Oh, well.
Bob
On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 05:32:41PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 03:06:56PM -0700, Tim Jones wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > 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!
>
> Well, I guess it IS broke!
>
> I recompiled the kernel with the built-in 3.04d (actually I used 2.2.7,
> which just was released).
>
> Now I get the same error messages!
>
> Here is what I have in /usr/src/linux/.config:
>
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> CONFIG_FTAPE=y
> CONFIG_ZFTAPE=y
> CONFIG_ZFT_DFLT_BLK_SZ=10240
>
> #
> # The compressor will be built as a module only!
> #
> CONFIG_ZFT_COMPRESSOR=m
> CONFIG_FT_PROC_FS=y
> CONFIG_FT_NORMAL_DEBUG=y
> # CONFIG_FT_FULL_DEBUG is not set
> # CONFIG_FT_NO_TRACE is not set
> # CONFIG_FT_NO_TRACE_AT_ALL is not set
>
> #
> # Hardware configuration
> #
> # CONFIG_FT_STD_FDC is not set
> # CONFIG_FT_MACH2 is not set
> # CONFIG_FT_PROBE_FC10 is not set
> CONFIG_FT_ALT_FDC=y
>
> #
> # Consult the manuals of your tape drive for the correct settings!
> #
> CONFIG_FT_FDC_BASE=370
> CONFIG_FT_FDC_IRQ=6
> CONFIG_FT_FDC_DMA=2
>
>
> This module is loaded:
>
> # cat /proc/modules
> zft-compressor 16004 -1
>
> Any ideas where I should look next?
>
> Bob
>
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