On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 09:43:02AM -0400, Billy B. McCoy wrote: > I have RH5.2(2.0.36) loaded on an i586 box. > I have been trying to install a floppy tape drive. > I downloaded the latest releases: > 'ftape-4.x-1999_04_25.tar.gz' & > 'ftape-doc-1999_03_17.tar.gz' > 1) Where should the extracted files be placed? ie: /usr/src/tape/ It doesn't really matter, but /usr/local/src/... will keep it separate from whatever RH has installed. > 2) I wanted to install the floppy patch but could not locate the > 'floppy.c.dif' file anywhere on my system. Dunno about this one. It's not in the ftape archive? > 3) In the 'MCONFIG' file, should the %LINUX_LOCATION point to > /usr/src/linux <or> /usr/src/linux-2.0.36 ? ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.0.36 /usr/src/linux > 4) There is no /usr/src/linux/.config file, and the 'make' > produces errors without it. (/var/log/messages too long to attach :( The above symlink should take care of it (assuming you have created a .config in /usr/src/linux-2.0.36.) Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
