On 25/04/00, 17:03:47, Frank Finner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
RE: ftape and kernel 2.2.14-6.0.1 with DittoMax:
> 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):
My entries for nrft0 and nqft0 have the same major and minor number. I
tried substituting nrft0 for nqft0 but still get the same errors (only
the
first device is usable with ftape-4.03 e.g. nqft0).
> 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.
It appears that DittoMax tapes are not formattable. I have checked
this
with Windows software that supports the DittoMax. The format menu item
is
always greyed-out. The ftape-HOWTO says this is the case also.
nzqft0 gave me a read-only filesystem error.
I suspect that modifications to kernel-2.2.14-6.0.1 have broken
operation
of ftape. All was ok with 2.2.14-5.0 (Red Hat 6.2 release kernel) and
nothing else has changed in my configuration of ftape.
This is going to need some assistance from someone who actually
integrated
the DittoMax into ftape-4.03 or has an intimate knowledge of the
driver.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Regards,
Neil Darlow.
