On 20 May 2000, Eduardo Libardi wrote:
> Daniel Mashao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Tim Jones wrote:
> >
> > I am still waiting to hear from anyone claiming to have the parallel port
> > Iomega Max Pro working on Linux. Thanks for your help.
> >
>
>
> Mine is working. Just follow directions in the certification home page.
> It worked for me.
>
I am glad to hear that the Iomega Max Pro is working for someone. Mine
just fails by saying the following
QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX floppy tape drives.
Compiled for Linux version 2.2.14
installing QIC-117 floppy tape hardware drive ...
ftape_init @ 0xc481d230.
zftape for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99
(c) 1996, 1997 Claus-Justus Heine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver.
Support for QIC-113 compatible volume table.
Compiled for Linux version 2.2.14
[000] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc485418c.
[001] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS interface for
ftape driver ....
bpck-fdc.c: bpck_fdc_register @ 0xc486161c
[002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for bpck-fdc tape drive slot 0.
[003] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe_one) - base: 0x0378, irq: 7.
[004] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_probe) - Bpck parallel port tape drive
interface for ftape v4.03-pre-4 06/30/99.
[005] bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_query_proto) - Got 0x78, expected either
0xc0 or 0x40.
[006] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't find bpck interface for ftape
id 0.
[007] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - ft_parport_probe(fdc,
&bpck->parinfo) failed: -6.
The error seems to be on line [005]. To the best of my knowledge I have
followed the instructions in http://www.linuxtapecert.org/ to no avail.
Could you perhaps post or send me the .config in your /usr/src/linux
directory? or put it on your web-site.
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University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel
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