I have an Iomega Ditto 800 external tape drive with which I have had no success. From the system log (included below) it seems that the bpck-fdc fails to communicate with the parallel port. Has anyone seen this before, or is ftape not compatible with my tape drive? John Supplee Waynesboro, VA USA ftape v4.03-pre-3 03/28/99 (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives. Compiled for Linux version 2.2.9-e2compr installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ... ftape_init @ 0xc20f2218. [000] +ftape-init.c (ftape_build_driver_list) [001] ftape-init.c (ftape_build_driver_list) - Found driver bpck-fdc for device 0. [002] -ftape-init.c (ftape_build_driver_list) [003] +zftape-init.c (zft_init) zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-3 03/28/99 (c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver. Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table. Compiled for Linux version 2.2.9-e2compr with versioned symbols [004] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc2125648. [005] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for ftape driver .... [006] -zftape-init.c (zft_init) [007] 0+zftape-init.c (zft_open) [008] 0 zftape-init.c (zft_open) - called for minor 0. [009] 0 +zftape-ctl.c (_zft_open) [010] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [011] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) - allocated buffer @ c0ee0200, 264 bytes. [012] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [013] 0 +zftape-rw.c (zft_set_flags) [014] 0 -zftape-rw.c (zft_set_flags) [015] 0 +zftape-ctl.c (zft_reset_position) [016] 0 +zftape-write.c (zft_zap_write_buffers) [017] 0 -zftape-write.c (zft_zap_write_buffers) [018] 0 -zftape-ctl.c (zft_reset_position) [019] 0 +ftape-ctl.c (ftape_enable) [020] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [021] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) - allocated buffer @ c0ee0000, 296 bytes. [022] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [023] 0 +fdc-io.c (fdc_init) [024] 0 +fdc-io.c (fdc_search_driver) [025] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [026] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) - allocated buffer @ c11fa5c0, 236 bytes. [027] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [028] +bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_register) bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0xc21352a8 [029] +fdc-io.c (fdc_register) [030] +fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [031] fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) - Driver: bpck-fdc. [032] -fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [033] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape drive slot 0. [034] 0 +bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) [035] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [036] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) - allocated buffer @ c0ee7440, 60 bytes. [037] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kmalloc) [038] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - called with ftape id 0. [039] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - dev: c0ee76e0. [040] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - irq: -1. [041] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - port: 378. [042] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - can't find parport interface for ftape id 0. [043] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) [044] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) - released buffer @ c0ee7440, 60 bytes. [045] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) [046] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't find bpck interface for ftape id 0. [047] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - ft_parport_probe(fdc, &bpck->parinfo) failed: -6. [048] 0 -bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) [049] 0 +fdc-io.c (fdc_destroy) [050] 0 fdc-io.c (fdc_destroy) - destroying fdc 0. [051] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (fdc_set_nr_buffers) [052] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (fdc_set_nr_buffers) [053] 0 +ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) [054] 0 ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) - released buffer @ c11fa5c0, 236 bytes. [055] 0 -ftape-buffer.c (ftape_kfree) [056] 0 -fdc-io.c (fdc_destroy) [057] +fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [058] -fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [059] +fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [060] -fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [061] +fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [062] -fdc-io.c (fdc_driver_in_list) [063] -fdc-io.c (fdc_register) [064] -bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_register) [065] 0 +fdc-io.c (fdc_destroy) [066] 0 -fdc-io.c (fdc_destroy) [067] 0 -fdc-io.c (fdc_search_driver) [068] 0 fdc-io.c (fdc_init) - fdc_search_driver(ftape->drive_sel) failed: -6. [069] 0 -fdc-io.c (fdc_init) [070] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_enable) - fdc_init(ftape) failed: -6. [071] 0 -ftape-ctl.c (ftape_enable) [072] 0 zftape-ctl.c (_zft_open) - ftape_enable(sel) failed: -6. [073] 0 -zftape-ctl.c (_zft_open) [074] 0 zftape-init.c (zft_open) - _zft_open failed. [075] 0-zftape-init.c (zft_open)
