Hi all,
Well I finally got past the compilation, and thought that I had a
working copy of Ftape, but I guess there is still a few bugs to work out. I
just cannot manage to format and verify a tape, here are the details. I have
compiled and installed the ftape-4.x-1999_04_25 package. It compiled and
installed with no visible glitches. I am pretty sure that the modules are
getting installed correctly, lsmod gives the following:
--- lsmod output
Module Size Used by
ftape-internal 10300 1 (autoclean)
zftape 86192 -1 (autoclean)
ftape 142512 0 (autoclean) [ftape-internal zftape]
ppp 17736 2 (autoclean)
slhc 4128 1 (autoclean) [ppp]
---
I have a normal FDC on the motherboard, and I think it is about as standard as
it can be. My conf.modules file is taken from an example from the website.
--- /etc/conf.modules
# load ftape/zftape automatically
alias char-major-27 zftape
# user ftape-internal.o for /dev/qft0
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
# use standard fdc controller.
options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x3f0 ft_fdc_irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
# make sure to have enough swap space
pre-install ftape-internal /usr/local/bin/swapout 15
---
THE PROBLEM:
I keep getting I/O errors with ftmt, and when I format a tape it tries to
verify and hangs up at the end:
--- Screen cut and paste
[root@click ~/bin]#> ftformat -f /dev/nrawft0 --mode=auto --discard-header
--format-parameters=qic80-307ft
--format-parameters
qic-standard=0x02,format-code=2,floppy-head-max=6,floppy-track-max=149,segments-per-track=150,tracks-per-tape=28,gap3=233,format-filler-byte=0x6b
Erasing track 0Tape drive error sending physical forward command: 15 (Command
Illegal or Undefined in Format Mode)
Please ignore the error message printed above!Tape drive error sending select rate or
format command: 8 (Illegal Command in Report Subcontext)
Please ignore the error message printed above if in case
that your cartridge can be formatted successfully!
Writing reference bursts ... done.
Formatting track 27, segment 4199
Verifying track 0, segment 4200
[root@click ~/bin]#> ftmt erase
ftmt: /dev/tape: No such file or directory
[root@click ~/bin]#> ftmt -f /dev/nrft0 erase
ftmt: /dev/nrft0: Input/output error
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I run a RH5.2 system with a 2.2.5 kernel. The drive is an internal Colorado
<sumthin> 250, it has never had any problems until now.
The kernel is compiled without any ftape support, and I can't find any
mention of this in the FAQ's, or the docs anywhere.
I hope that I have provided enough info.
Ken Terrell
Aurora CO.
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