Well I got ftape running.
The trick was to use isapnp to get the card configured, then run the
insert script, then check dmesg. dmesg records the IRQ/DMA etc that ftape
is trying to use for the tape drive. Then I changed my pnp.conf to reflect
these, as they were different. Now everything is running smoothly.
Thanks for the help.
- Nathan Heagy -
- -[ eAndroid ]- - -[vividworks.com]- -[heagy.com]-
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Stuart McLean wrote:
> Nathan
>
> For what its worth - I have been trying unsuccessfully for about two
> weeks to get a similar setup working.
>
> As to your insmod question - you can but none instead of the other
> drivers
>
> e.g.
>
> insmod ./ftape.o ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
>
> and comment out installing the other modules.
>
> To run after reboots you should be able to set the pnp conf to run at
> bootup and the modules to be automatically loaded (check kernel supports
> this) - here's the configurations that Andy Corteen supplied me:
>
> > Extract of my conf.modules file
> > #
> > alias char-major-27 zftape
> > options ftape -f ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> > ft_tracings=3,3,3,3,3
> > options zftape -f ft_major_device_number=27
> > options ftape-internal -f ft_fdc_fc10=0 ft_fdc_mach2=0
> > ft_fdc_base=0x210 ft_fdc_irq=9 ft_fdc_dma=3 ft_fdc_rate_limit=2000
> > #
> >
> > My Isapnp.conf (minus comments)
> > #
> > (READPORT 0x0210)
> > (ISOLATE)
> > (IDENTIFY *)
> > (CONFIGURE IOM0040/-1 (LD 0
> > (IO 0 (BASE 0x0210))
> > (INT 0 (IRQ 9 (MODE +E)))
> > (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 3))
> > (ACT Y)
> > ))
> > (WAITFORKEY)
> >
> > Extract of my rc.sysinit (minus comments)
> > #
> > mount -t proc /proc /proc
> > if grep -i nopnp /proc/cmdline >/dev/null ; then
> > PNP=
> > else
> > PNP=yes
> > fi
> > #
> > if [ -x /sbin/isapnp -a -f /etc/isapnp.conf ]; then
> > if [ -n "$PNP" ]; then
> > echo "Setting up ISA PNP devices"
> > /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> > else
> > echo "Skipping ISA PNP configuration at users request"
> > fi
> > fi
> > #
> >
>
> However - I still cant get the tape to do anything but say its not
> configured either.
>
> Has anyone actually got the latest unstable release to work with a Ditto
> Max Pro?
>
> Stuart
