> I'm using one of these with few problems using the built-in ftape-3.04d
> with kernel 2.2.12 (it's not really a quality device, however).
>
> Are the modules actually loaded? What does 'modprobe -l' or 'cat
> /proc/modules' show? I show just the zft-compressor module.
Thank you for that suggestion. I checked /proc/modules and was surprised
to see that only ftape was loaded. Once I did an "insmod zftape.o" I got
some stuff to happen. Still trying to make something useful happen though.
> What does 'ls -al /dev/nqft*' show? Do the devices exist? If not, you
> should create them (man MAKEDEV for more information).
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 4 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/nqft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 5 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/nqft1
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 6 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/nqft2
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 7 Apr 17 12:53 /dev/nqft3
> I've had a lot of trouble with taper and switched to tob. The ftmt
> commands should work, however.
I'll look into trying tab. I tried the ftape-tool without much luck.
Here is just a smattering of what appeared in /var/log/messages:
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: [049] zftape-ctl.c (mtiocgetsize) -
zft_def_idle_state() failed: -5.
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: [050] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - == Non-fatal errors this run: ==.
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: [051] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - fdc isr statistics:
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: id_am_errors : 2
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: id_crc_errors : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: data_am_errors : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: data_crc_errors : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: overrun_errors : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: no_data_errors : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: retries : 2.
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: [052] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - ecc statistics:
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: crc_errors : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: crc_failures : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: ecc_failures : 0
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: sectors corrected: 0.
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: [053] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - tape motion statistics:
Sep 18 14:50:55 bailey kernel: repositions : 1.
> 4.02 and some of the 4.03 versions don't compile under 2.2.x kernels.
> Use the latest "unstable" version instead (but 3.04d should work with
> that device.)
Yes, it seems like we have gotten much farther. I will give tab a try as
well as some of the other suggestions and let you know how it turns out.
-Chuck
P.S. I gotta say, I have never gotten support this good from any
commercial outfit!
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