On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 10:36:02PM -0500, Rafferty wrote:
> Running RedHat 6.0 standard installation on a Pentium 150 with a
> QIC-3020 Extra Tape -
> tar -cvf /dev/ftape /home/* (or any other location) generates an error
> message
> Tar cannot open /dev/ftape: no such device
>
> The Ftape FAQ mentions a similar error in regard to "ftmt -f /dev/qft0
> status"
> and glibly says; "Solution You need to load the zftape.o module to the
> kernel as well."
>
> I thought that ftape was already built in to the kernel that RedHat 6.0
> uses.
>
> If I need to "load" anything into the kernel to use ftape - How is that
> done ?
> Exactly, that is...
Even if you compile the built-in version of ftape, there will be a
zft-compressor.o module placed in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/misc
which you need to load.
There are a couple of ways to do this, such as:
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe zft-compressor
Bob
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