On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 09:20:36AM -0700, Jeff Baclaski wrote:
(...)
> $ 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

Have you tried to do that as root? Some commands can only be invoked
as root (for example shutdown or ifconfig or route).

Bye, Juergen.

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