use the latest unstable version
cio.
Bert Radke
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:58:17 +0100, Fabio Lissandrini wrote:
>I have a Iomega Ditto Max on my linux server, and I'm trying to install
>ftape in order to access to it.
>I had some difficulties in this.
>The versions involved are: ftape: 4.02; linux kernel: 2.2.13
>It seems to me that the ftape version 4.02 is not made for being built
>under 2.2.x kernel: in fact:
>1) compiling the modules, I got in some points an error regarding a
>member ("timeout") of a structure (that I found is "task_struct",
>defined in <include_dir>/linux/sched.h). The error makes impossible to
>build the modules. I tried to bypass the problem modifying the include
>file (adding a "timeout" field in "task_struct"), but this is not the
>correct way to proceed!
>2) the structure of version 4.02 is different from that of version 3:
>so, even substituting the version shipped with the kernel with the 4.02,
>running "make menuconfig" brings to an error in the make procedure. Even
>the kernel symbols are different.
>
>On the other hand, as I know, ftape 3.xx is not able to drive ditto max
>streamer.
>Could anyone help me?
>
>Thank you
>Fabio Lissandrini
>
>
