On Mon, 10 May 1999, George N. Conover wrote:
> I installed ftape-4.02.1 under RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36.1 and when I
> issued "mt -f /dev/nqft0 status" the response was "/dev/nqft0: Operation not
> supported by device".
>
> mt -f /dev/nqft0 status
> /dev/nqft0: Operation not supported by device
>
> hardware configuration:
> CMS FC-20 floppy tape controller
> HP Colorado T3000 floppy tape drive
>
> cat /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias char-major-27 zftape
> options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x2a0 ft_fdc_irq=7 ft_fdc_dma=7
> #pre-install ftape-internal /sbin/swapout 16
I have the same hardware, and I was getting this same problem for
such a long time, until I recompiled my kernel without *any* ftape support
at all, not even as a module. (Thanks to those here told me about that.)
And don't forget about saying 'no' to modversions in the kernel config
before compiling. Also, I took the FC-20 out, as it's not much faster
than the floppy controller on my motherboard (dfi with an AMD K6-2 333
3D).
Incidentally, backing up and verifying is still so slow, compared
to when I was running DOS and Colorado backup; about 4 and a half hours to
backup and verify roughly 550M. Here's the script I used to backup my
"system" files. (I backup my home directory separately.) Any ideas on how
I can speed things up? Thanks.
#!/bin/sh
logfile='/root/backuplog'
cd /
echo "Backup started at `date`." > $logfile
tar cWf /dev/nqft0 --exclude /proc --exclude /mnt --exclude /home/egg \
--label="System backup for `date '+%d-%B-%Y'`" / >> $logfile
# the redirection will send any errors to the logfile
ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind
echo "Backup completed at `date`." >> $logfile
Jamie
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