[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I am getting a combination of "device not configured" and "device or resource
> busy" error messages when trying to access the tape drive. I have an Exabyte
> Eagle TR-3 attached to the parallel port, and it seems that it can't find it.
> I have no idea what I need to do, but the following information will show you
> how I configured the drive and the error messages I get. I'm hoping that I
> made a simple mistake along the way and that someone else will be able to
> catch it.
[SNIP]
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> # pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias eth0 ne
> alias eth1 ne
> options eth0 -o ne-0 io=0x300
> options eth1 -o ne-1 io=0x280
> # Ftape stuff
> # load ftape/zftape automatically
> alias char-major-27 zftape
> options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
> options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7
You need to use the bpck-fdc.o driver, not the ftape-internal.o driver.
Change the last two lines to read:
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none
options bpck-fdc ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7
--
Tim
