Hi,
On 25-Apr-00 Neil Darlow wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have been using ftape-4.03-pre? (09/11/1999) successfully with
> Red Hat 6.1 and my Iomega DittoMax for some time now. I am happy
> with my configuration of ftape parameters in conf.modules, MCONFIG
> etc.
>
> Since upgrading to Red Hat 6.2 and the context-switch fix kernel
> 2.2.14-6.0.1, I have been experiencing the following errors in use
> of ftape-reliant applications:
>
> /usr/bin/ftmt: /dev/nqft0: Input/output error
> /usr/bin/ftmt: /dev/nqft0: Device not configured
I had the same problem with SuSE 6.2 and a 2.2.10 Kernel. The standard
floppy tape devices seem to have been changed to ..rft.. and ..nrft.. . I used
the following device list to recreate the appropriate devices (use "mknod" to
create them):
crw------- 1 root root 27, 4 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nqft0
crw------- 1 root root 27, 5 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nqft1
crw------- 1 root root 27, 6 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nqft2
crw------- 1 root root 27, 7 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nqft3
crw------- 1 root root 27, 36 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nrawft0
crw------- 1 root root 27, 37 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nrawft1
crw------- 1 root root 27, 38 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nrawft2
crw------- 1 root root 27, 39 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nrawft3
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 4 Jul 23 1999 /dev/nrft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 5 Jul 23 1999 /dev/nrft1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nrft2 -> nqft2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nrft3 -> nqft3
crw------- 1 root root 27, 20 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nzqft0
crw------- 1 root root 27, 21 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nzqft1
crw------- 1 root root 27, 22 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nzqft2
crw------- 1 root root 27, 23 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/nzqft3
crw------- 1 root root 27, 0 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/qft0
crw------- 1 root root 27, 1 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/qft1
crw------- 1 root root 27, 2 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/qft2
crw------- 1 root root 27, 3 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/qft3
crw------- 1 root root 27, 32 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/rawft0
crw------- 1 root root 27, 33 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/rawft1
crw------- 1 root root 27, 34 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/rawft2
crw------- 1 root root 27, 35 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/rawft3
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 0 Jul 23 1999 /dev/rft0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 27, 1 Jul 23 1999 /dev/rft1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/rft2 -> qft2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/rft3 -> qft3
crw------- 1 root root 27, 16 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/zqft0
crw------- 1 root root 27, 17 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/zqft1
crw------- 1 root root 27, 18 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/zqft2
crw------- 1 root root 27, 19 Apr 14 22:24 /dev/zqft3
After creating these everything went smooth again. With the exception of
ftformat, which causes an error "Unknown format API version. Giving up.", so
you cannot format tapes at the moment. But you can use the rest of the
ftape-tools, or taper, or what you want. I use nzqft0 as standard tape device,
and it works.
Greetings,
--
Frank Finner
I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago,
And people who will see a world that I shall never know.
(Tolkien, "Lord Of The Rings")
