I changed DMA back to "options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x180 ft_fdc_irq=9
ft_fdc_dma=3" and I finally had to recompile ftape under kernel 2.0.36.1.
Now ftape is working just fine. Thanks for all your help.
George
"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
