When I apply the ftape-4.02 patches for Kernel v2.0 to my 2.0.36
Kernel, the first hunk failes. Maybe this is the cause of my
problem. I upgraded my distribution a while ago, installing the new
kernel. Now I find that ftape doesn't work anymore, eventhough it
worked with my old kernel.
When I try to access /dev/ftape, I get the error that the device does
not exist.
Then I do a modprobe for ftape, zftape and ftape-internal, access
/dev/ftape again, and now I get an error telling me that the device is
busy.
I don't access the floppy drives between booting and accessing
/dev/ftape. Accessing /dev/ftape usually means using tar:
tar -cf /dev/ftape RMAIL
I recompiled and installed the kernel, recompiled and installed the
modules, recompiled and installed ftape, added the options to
/etc/conf_modules which got lost when I upgraded my distribution --
but it still doesn't work.
Did I forget anything? Will updating to ftape-4.03-pre-something
help? Is there a new patch for Kernel versions 2.0.36 out there?
Alex.
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