This comes up several times a week. With 2.2.x kernels, you need to get
ftape from the "unstable" area on the ftape site. ftape-4.02 will not
compile. Or you can possibly use the ftape-3.04d that is included with
the kernel.
Get the latest from
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable/
Bob
On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 06:22:26PM +0000, Geoff Hanson wrote:
> Hi Ed.
> I've seen the same problem. There are a bunch of open "PR"s on this.
> I've contacted the owner but haven't gotten any response. The problem
> is in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h. The task_struct structure seems
> to be quite different than the one ftape seems to be expecting. I would think
> that ftape would have to be modified to use the new version of task_struct?
> Anyone have any ideas on this?
>
> However, I've seen emails from people who have compiled successfully
> on 2.2, so I don't know how they're doing it.
>
> ..Geoff
>
> Ed Harrison wrote:
>
> > I have Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 which came with ftape 3.04. This is my first
> > experience with Linux.
> >
> > I downloaded 4.02, untarred it; everything seemed to be going well. I spent
> > about 2 weeks in the evenings reading FAQ's and HOW-TO's. I thought I was
> > ready to go, so I ran make config on the kernel (disabling ftape, zftape and
> > compressor), used it for several days to make sure nothing was broken--worked
> > very well.
> >
> > When I tried to make ftape, NO GO! I get errors right at the end about
> > fdc-io.c after the command 'gcc-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -02.....' which ends
> > with '-c fdc-io.c'.
> >
> > ERRORS:
> > fdc-io.c: In function 'fdc_interrupt_wait' :
> > fdc-io.c:433: structure has no member named 'timeout'
> > fdc-io.c:454: structure has no member named 'timeout'
> > make[2]: *** [fdc-io.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/ftape-4.02/ftape/lowlevel'
> > make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/ftape-4.02/ftape
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > I have no idea what is happening. Could someone lend a hand?
> >
> > Ed Harrison
> > Linux Newbie
>
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