I've had nothing but troubles trying to get my external iomega ditto 800 running using ftape 4.03pre5 and linux 2.2.15pre20. I /think/ I've gotten one problem fixed, that being that ftape doesn't like sharing the parallel port with lp, but it doesn't seem to work even when lp is unloaded: scorpio:~# mt eof ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99 (c) 1993-1996 Bas Laarhoven (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen (c) 1996-1998 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives. Compiled for Linux version 2.2.15pre20 installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ... ftape_init @ 0xc2823238. bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0xc2863f00 ftape_sleep: awoken by non-blocked signal :-( [...repeated....] ftape_sleep: awoken by non-blocked signal :-( SIG: sigpending lied mt: /dev/tape: No such device Attached are the logs from my system log. The relevant section of modules.conf: alias char-major-27 zftape options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none options bpck-fdc ft_fdc_irq=7 ft_fdc_base=0x378 Can anyone help? Joe [Please CC: me on replies; I'm not subscribed to the list.]
May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [001] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for ftape driver .... May 12 21:05:18 scorpio insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15pre20/modules.dep May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0xc2863f00 May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape drive slot 0. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [003] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe_one) - base: 0x0378, irq: 7. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [004] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive interface for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [005] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_switch_proto) - Need delay 1 for proto 0. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [006] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_switch_proto) - Need delay 1 for proto 1. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [007] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_switch_proto) - Need delay 1 for proto 1. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [008] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_log_adapter) - bpck floppy tape at 0x378, mode 1 (8-bit), delay 1. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [009] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #1 @ c19fe200, dma area @ c2867000. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [010] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #2 @ c19fe2a0, dma area @ c2867000. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [011] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #3 @ c19fe340, dma area @ c2867000. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [012] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr #4 @ c19fe160, dma area @ c2867000. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.15pre20/modules.dep May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [013] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - calibr_count: 536, calibr_time: 9963 us. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [014] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - TC for `fdc_wait()' = 18587 nsec (at 536 counts). May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: ftape_sleep: awoken by non-blocked signal :-( May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [015] 0 fdc-io.c (fdc_probe) - Type 82077AA FDC found. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [016] 0 fdc-io.c (fdc_reset) - no drive polling interrupt!. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: ftape_sleep: awoken by non-blocked signal :-( May 12 21:05:18 scorpio last message repeated 18 times May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [017] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_activate_drive) - No tape drive found. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [018] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_enable) - ftape_activate_drive(ftape, &ftape->drive_type) failed: -19. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [019] 0 zftape-ctl.c (_zft_open) - ftape_enable(sel) failed: -19. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: [020] 0 zftape-init.c (zft_open) - _zft_open failed. May 12 21:05:18 scorpio kernel: SIG: sigpending lied
