Hi, chien-yu!
Trying to kill the keyboard, chien-yu chen
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) produced 0,9K in 26 lines:
> I got the latest ftape, 4.x-1999_09_11.
> it compiles fine and find the ditto 2G tape drive.
> however, I tried ftmt command, andit never stopped. the 2 command
> I tried are
> ftmt -f /dev/qft0 status
should return within seconds if the modules are loaded and
thus remember the position, up to a minute if it has to load
everything and read the tables at BOT[1]. Add up to 3 minutes
if the tape was not rewound (for rewinding)
> ftmt -f /dev/qft0 retension
Should be finished within 5-10 minutes, as it really only
spools to EOT, and then back to BOT.
> the machine, and found out that the tape had reached the end
> (tape is only on one rail).
Is the tape despooled? If so, you have a hardware problem!
(Are you sure you really have a *floppy* tape?)
-Wolfgang
[1] Begin Of Tape
