On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Billy B. McCoy wrote: > Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 09:43:02 -0400 > From: Billy B. McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: kcore > > 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/ Yes, or a similar /usr/src directory. /usr/src/tape is a good one, you could run tar tvzf (filename) to find out the directory it extracts to. IF it's something like "tape/whatever/whatever" then extract the file inside /usr/src and you're set. > 2) I wanted to install the floppy patch but could not locate the > 'floppy.c.dif' file anywhere on my system. Did you check the ftape website? you may have to d/l it separately. > 3) In the 'MCONFIG' file, should the %LINUX_LOCATION point to > /usr/src/linux <or> /usr/src/linux-2.0.36 ? Use the first one (/usr/src/linux), which should be symlinked to the 2.0.36 dir. This way, if you change kernels later and for whatever reason recompiled the ftape program, it could use the new kernel and you don't have to reconfigure the ftape compile. > 4) There is no /usr/src/linux/.config file, and the 'make' > produces errors without it. (/var/log/messages too long to attach :( This one you should go into /usr/src/linux and either run "make menuconfig" or "make config" (the first being a text/menued config, the second just a scrolling question session). This would normally be the first step in compiling a kernel, but you could use it to make the config that ftape is looking for. > Any advice anyone? > Bruce >
