The Ftape documentation is for tape drives which use the floppy
interface.  Since this drive is IDE/ATAPI it uses the IDE interface
instead.  There is a kernel compile option for ATAPI tape drives.

On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 01:42:23AM +0000, Chris Wong wrote:
> Does anyone know if the new HP Colorado 20Gb tape drive is
> compatible with Linux?  The internal version is IDE/ATAPI.
> 
> I didn't see it listed on the FTAPE Howto or FAQ, but the 
> documents seem to be a year old.
> 
> product info:
> http://www.hp.com/tape/colorado/14-20gbfeatures.html
> 
> Or can anyone recommend a good travan-based tape drive that works 
> well w/ linux?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris

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