I had this for a while.
It turned out I'd got the IRQ/DMA/IO Base addr settings wrong.
Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: christ [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 2:24 PM
> To: Linux Tape List
> Subject: Resource unavailable problem
>
> Dear sir/madam
>
> I have loaded the ftape device drivers however whenever I try something
> like
>
> mt -f /dev/qft0 status
>
> I keep getting this error
>
> mt: /dev/qft0: Resource temporarily unavailable
>
> what does the Resource temporarily unavailable mean.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
>
