[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am using kernel 2.2.10 that I compiled on Mandrake 6.0, and
> compiled+installed ftape_4.x from June 99, which seems to work
> fine. I then installed ftape-tools-1.07 from a RPM, and tried ftformat.
> "Unknown format API version. Giving up." was the result, with any
> parameter combination. I can use 'mt' though, to retension tapes,
> and according to /var/log/messages, the hardware is detected
> correctly (Conner TapeStor 800 TR-1 on floppy port).
> I tried to compile various newer versions of ftape-tools, all to no
> avail. The errors that occur have been discussed on this list. My
> question is, could someone point out how to fix 1.07 tools so
> ftformat works, or how to make the 1999_03_17 version (step by
> step, and are there special tool versions required) ?
Please update the ftape tools to ftape-tools-1999_03_17.tar.gz. The
underlying API's have changed and the old version of the tools do not
work with the new version of the driver.
You can get these from Claus' site:
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-tools/unstable
or from our site:
ftp://ftp.estinc.com/pub/linux/ftape-tools-1999_03_17.tar.gz
Tim
