On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 06:51:41AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> I am using Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, which comes with ftape/zftape 3.04d.
as I can see from Caldera's homepage OpenLinux 2.2 comes with kernel
2.2.5. Ftape 3.04 is really out of date as far as kernels 2.2.x are
concerned; but even ftape 4.02 is not the correct choice - some
structs in the kernel have changed, so you might be forced to upgrade
to those "unstable drivers" as they can be found at
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable/
> As root, I can do an <mt (or ftmt) -f /dev/nftape retension or
> rewind>. However, when I try to do an <mt -f /dev/nftape erase or
> fsf 2>, I get tape movement and a "/dev/(n)ftape: Permission denied"
... don't know the reason for that permission problem...
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>
> I used to have an UMSDOS version of Linux (1.2.8, I believe) and had
> ftape working fine under it.
ok, things have really changed a lot in the meantime...
>
> I have looked at the HOWTO, FAQ, the Installation & User Guide, but
> see nothing to guide me. I would really like to get my QIC-80 tape
Yes, the docs aren't up to date, but there exists some more recent
documentation in one of those unstable directories.
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> get the rpm source downloaded. That should move me up to ftape 4.02,
> but I am not sure that will help me. Anyway, ...
no, mind "unstable" (i. e. something like 4.03-pre-4)
Bye, Juergen.
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