I can finally confirm that my internal Iomega Ditto 2GB works. I had tried to get it to work using the kernels distributed with SuSE 6.0 and 6.1 to no avail. Juergen Leising's advice -- switch to 2.2.12! -- was step no. 1 to get the tape to work. If you are using SuSE 6.0 or 6.1 and want to get your internal Iomega Ditto 2GB to work, try the following (no warranties): * Deinstall all the SuSE kernel sources and kernel modules. Ignore the yast warning. * Download and install the 2.2.12 sources from ftp.??.kernel.org, configure and install with kernel modules and without ftape support. * If you are using Lilo, make sure you put the kernel in the right place. Making zlilo puts your new kernel in root (/), the lilo setup expects kernels in /boot. * Delete as much of /etc/conf.modules as possible. (Keep a backup.) I've set char-major 4 to off (serial) and set a few things for char-major 27 (zftape). (Mail me if you need details.) * Get the latest unstable version (I used 1999-09-11) of ftape. * Follow normal ftape installation procedures... Alex. -- http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6120/ http://www.bsiag.com/
