Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced:
> ftape-4.x-1999_06_30 to be precise, so I now have a clean compile.
> This is with linux 2.2.9 and a HP 5Gb Colorado drive for parallel port.
> The HP docs are of the form "Run this windows program".
A reason to change vendors the next time (unless they respond
differently to questions), I think.
> I now get messages like "nqft0: Device not configured" when testing tar or
> mt for any of my *ft0 devices.
> I have these modules:
> Module Size Used by
> bpck-fdc 30264 0
> trakker 14772 0
> parport 7124 0 (unused)
> ftape-internal 10252 0
> zft-compressor 16652 -1
> zftape 88620 -1 [zft-compressor]
> ftape 147800 0 [bpck-fdc trakker ftape-internal zft-compressor zftape]
> This happens with or without the suggested conf.modules entries
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias char-major-27 zftape
> options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc:trakker,none,none,none
> What should be my next steps please ?
I would remove all the modules (rmmod) and then insmod them
hand, one by one, giving the options in the command line.
(Note that your options in /etc/conf.modules are only read if
you use the modprobe wrapper ... and you did use depmod -a?)
That way you can test out the parameters more easily ...
But I see you have a usage count of -1 there for the
compressor and zftape. That is a bug and may need a reboot
to remove these modules ... sorry.
Other than that I can only offer you use ftmt to test whether
your tape responds ... and *do* look into the logs, look how
each module is started, look if there are any strange
messages, check the cables ...
Unluckily I am not a specialist with parallel port tapes.
-Wolfgang
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