I believe Red Hat 6.0 uses a 2.2.x kernel. There are apparently
problems running ftape-4.02 with this. If 3.04d worked for you
previously, you might try compiling tape support into the kernel,
which contains 3.04d. It worked for me with a ditto 3200/dash.
Otherwise, try the "unstable" version of ftape at
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable/
Bob
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 02:11:06PM +0000, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> I have been unable to sign up for this mailing list for
> reasons unknown, so if someone has an answer to this, please
> email the answer to me as well as the list.
>
> I have just installed Red Hat Linux 6.0. Previously I ran
> 3.04d ftape package successfully with Red Hat 5.0 on this
> machine.
>
> I have a Conner (Seagate) 1700 MB Internal Minicartridge
> Drive on a Conner (Seagate) CTC-2Mb 2Mb Floppy Controller.
> The controller is at I/O Address = 370h - 377h, DMA Channel
> = 2, Interrupt Request Level (IRQ) = 6 (this is the default
> and has not been changed).
>
> According to the documentation for the 4.02 version of
> ftape, "You don't need to install this version of ftape if
> you are running linux version v.\w.w or higher as ftaoe-4.02
> is already included in the kernel source tree. ..."
>
> I looked at the ftape modules in the system and there were
> only the following: ftape.o, zftape.o, and zft-compressor.o.
> Since ftape-internal.o (which I assume I need), and
> trakkker.o [sic] and bpck-fdc.o (which I assume I do not
> need) were missing, I tried to rebuild the 4.02 package.
> This failed because member `timeout' is missing from some
> structure.
>
> Pressing on regardless, I made what I thought to be suitable
> entries in /etc/conf.modules and tried to run ftmt -f
> /dev/ftape status. It tried running the internal floppy disk
> drive and complained that the device was not configured
> (true, of course). I examined /var/log/messages and found
> that the driver modules belonged to version 3.04d. I then
> revised /etc/conf.modules to look (in part) as follows:
>
> # Load ftape/zftape automatically
>
> alias char-major-27 zftape
> pre-install ftape /sbin/swapout 32
> # Try to set CTC-2Mb floppy controller
> # and
> # Try to reduce overruns: can be [1-16]: higher: less
> overruns
> options ftape ft-fdc-base0x370 ft-fdc-irq=6 ft_fdc_dma=2
> ft-fdc-threshold=16
> # Try harder to reduce overruns: can be [1000, 500, 250]:
> lower: less overruns
> #options ftape ft_fdc_rate_limit=250
>
> It seems to ignore this completely, and still tries to run
> the floppy disk drive.
>
> I then decided to try building the 3.04d version of ftape,
> but this build fails for the same reason,
>
> 1.) What do I do now? I have filed a trouble report with Red
> Hat over three days ago, but they have made no suggestions.
>
> 2.) I tried to sign up for this mailing list, but get no
> response from the mailing list.
> 2a.) I tried to sign up again for this mailing list
> yesterday, but get no response from that either. I tried to
> sign up as follows:
>
>
> > The subscription process, however, is really simple, just write an email to
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the single line
> >
> > subscribe linux-tape
> >
> > in the message body. The contents of the subject line
>doesn't matter.
> >
> > As a result you'll receive an answer from the mailing list
>daemon that informs you about
> > successful subscription to the list.
> >
>
> I never get a response.
>
> --
> Windows is not the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is no.
>
> Jean-David Beyer
> Shrewsbury, New Jersey
>
>
--
Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
