On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 03:27:26PM -0600, root wrote:
> I've have been trying to install Ftape 4.02. I am using a modified version
> of the redhat 5.2 distribution that has the 2.2.5 kernel installed. I
> tried to use the version of ftape that comes with this kernel, but it is
> only version 3 (despite what the official ftape site says -
> 
>http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/ftape-manual/html/Installation.html).
> The error i get on 'make' is: fdc-io.c:433: structure has no member named
> `timeout'. 
> 
... for kernels 2.2.x it is necessary to take those "unstable" drivers
as they can be found at

http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable/

They used to be rather stable in the last months, at the moment there
may be some problems, but anyway. One of those unstable ones is really
necessary for you.

Bye, Juergen.

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