I hope I can be of any help. I have been able to put to work a SONY
StoreStation Ditto 2GB (Iomega Ditto 2GB) parport drive. I use kernel
2.2.12. Parport is compiled as a module and ftape is disabled in the
kernel config. Also, I got the last version of ftape (Sept. 7, I guess)
and ftape-tools.
1. I use EPP (mode 4) for my parallel port at 0x378 with irq=7. It is set
from the BIOS.
2. I have included the following lines in /etc/conf.modules:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
alias char-major-27 zftape
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
Of course, ftape and ftape tools should compile successfully. And this is
about it.
First, do a insmod ftape, then insmod zftape and insmod parport. The dmesg
gives at this point:
(c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven
(c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
(c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
Compiled for Linux version 2.2.12
installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
ftape_init @ 0xc683a21c.
zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99
(c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver.
Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table.
Compiled for Linux version 2.2.12 with versioned symbols
[000] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc6870758.
[001] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for
ftape driver ....
Then do: insmod bpck-fdc and dmesg gives:
bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0xc68804c8
[002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rf0605625) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape
drive slot 0.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2,EPP]
parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
[003] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - dev: c3ef6c80.
[004] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - irq: 7.
[005] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - port: 378.
[006] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive
interface for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99.
[007] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_switch_proto) - Need delay 1 for proto 0.
[008] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_switch_proto) - Need delay 1 for proto 1.
[009] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_log_adapter) - bpck floppy tape at 0x378,
mode 4 (EPP-32), delay 0.
[010] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - base: 0x378, irq: 7, number:
0.
[011] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #1 @ c584f820, dma
area @ c6888000.
[012] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #2 @ c584f8c0, dma
area @ c6888000.
[013] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #3 @ c584f5a0, dma
area @ c6888000.
[014] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #4 @ c584f640, dma
area @ c6888000.
[015] fdc-io.c (fdc_register_Rf0605625) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape
drive slot 1.
[016] 1 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - dev: c3ef6a40.
[017] 1 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - irq: 7.
[018] 1 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - port: 378.
[019] 1 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - can't find parport interface
for ftape id 1.
[020] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't find bpck interface for ftape
id 1.
[021] 1 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - ft_parport_probe(fdc,
&bpck->parinfo) failed: -16.
...I omit the report that bpck-fdc failed for id 2 and id 3. As you can
see, id 0 is OK and my /dev/nqft0 and /dev/qft0 are OK as well.
I would also suggest you start from scratch (make distclean) and answer
"yes" to all questions in the installation. As you can probably see this
all has already suggested in this group.
BTW, just running ftmt loads all the modules. Please, let me know how it
goes.
Good luck,
Matey.
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Michael J. Hoyt wrote:
> I installed my parport Ditto Easy3200 Tape drive on dual-bootable laptop
> under windows to see if could get an idea of what system resources the
> drive was using. The tape worked but this angle turned out to not
> produce any information in the area of system resources. So at a
> minimum at least I know the parallel port is set correctly and that the
> tape drive worked with this PC.
>
> So I rebooted back to linux on this laptop and rebuilt and installed
> ftape. I get the same results as before.
>
> ftmt: /dev/qft0: Device not configured
>
> The modules are loaded, I have verified that.
>
> Does anybody reading this mailing list have any suggestions on what to
> try or comments on their experience using ftape and Iomega Ditto
> drives? Does anybody even read this mailing list? I haven't seen a
> single response to any of my postings.
>
> please help,
>
> Mike
>
