running ftape 1999_06_30 snapshot with 2.2.5-15 kernel and 1.07
ftape-tools.
I'm running through the manual but have hit a snag, which I assume is a
fairly simple permissions problem.
lsmod shows I have the following modules loaded:
P Module Size Used by
ftape-internal 10252 0
zftape 88172 -1 (unused)
ftape 146168 0 [ftape-internal zftape]
[snip]
Device permissions have been set as such:
[jeff@calnet1-83 /proc]$ ls -l /dev/*qft0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 27, 4 Jul 25 09:01 /dev/nqft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 36 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/nrawqft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 20 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/nzqft0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 27, 0 Jul 25 09:01 /dev/qft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 32 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/rawqft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 16 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/zqft0
I can read the status of the drive just fine (I think):
$ ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
This is a Iomega 3200 floppy tape drive, (drive type = 0x8882)
drive status = 0x00e01845
generic drive status = 0x41000000
(In particular: * at begin of tape * tape online * )
sense key error = 0x00000c14
residue count = 0
file number = -1
block number = -1
However other attempts to access the drive fail
$ ftmt -f /dev/nqft0 reten
ftmt: /dev/nqft0: Input/output error
$ tar -cvf /dev/nqft0 ./ftape/zftape/
./ftape/zftape/
./ftape/zftape/zftape-inline.h
./ftape/zftape/zftape-init.h
./ftape/zftape/zftape-init.c
tar: Cannot write to /dev/nqft0: Permission denied
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
-Jeff Baclaski
