Hello, I'm having some problems getting my floppy tape drive to work. I was hoping to get some help here. I've RTFM (mostly) and I'm stumped. I'm running RedHat 6.2 2.2.14-5.0 kernel on a AMD K6-233 box with an internal Pertec MyTape 800. >From what I've read RH 6.1 comes with ftape-4.02 support built into the kernel. According to the Ftape Installation and Usage Guide, I need ftape.o, zftape.o and ftape-internal.o in /lib/moules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/ ftape.o and zftape.o are there but not ftape-internal.o So here's where I'm at and what I do..... modprobe ftape modprobe zftape mt -f /dev/nqft0 status reports........ qic-117 drive type = 0x00481 (that's right for the MyTape800) file number = -1, block number = -1 mt_resid: 0, mt_erreg: 0x0 mt_dsreg: 0xb29865, mt_gstat: 0x41000000 General status bits on (41000000); BOT ONLINE mt -f /dev/nqft0 retension works fine mt -f / dev/nqft0 asf tar -cf /dev/nqft0 and just about every other operation results in this messages in /var/log/messages.... May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [104] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - Tape parameters inconsistency, please report. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [105] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - reported = 4/377/36/53/254/128. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [106] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - required = 4/377/36/13/254/128. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [107] zftape-read.c (zft_read_header_segments) - ftape_read_header_segment_Ra2b14b3c(zft_hseg_buf) failed: -5. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [108] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - == Non-fatal errors this run: ==. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [109] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - fdc isr statistics: May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: id_am_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: id_crc_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: data_am_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: data_crc_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: overrun_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: no_data_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: retries : 1. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [110] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - ecc statistics: May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: crc_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: crc_failures : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: ecc_failures : 0 May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: sectors corrected: 0. May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: [111] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - tape motion statistics: May 28 14:06:18 mango kernel: repositions : 1. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [112] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - Tape parameters inconsistency, please report. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [113] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - reported = 4/377/36/53/254/128. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [114] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - required = 4/377/36/13/254/128. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [115] zftape-read.c (zft_read_header_segments) - ftape_read_header_segment_Ra2b14b3c(zft_hseg_buf) failed: -5. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [116] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - == Non-fatal errors this run: ==. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [117] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - fdc isr statistics: May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: id_am_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: id_crc_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: data_am_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: data_crc_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: overrun_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: no_data_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: retries : 1. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [118] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - ecc statistics: May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: crc_errors : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: crc_failures : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: ecc_failures : 0 May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: sectors corrected: 0. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [119] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_disable_R7b52f04b) - tape motion statistics: May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: repositions : 1. Note that the following lines are consistent with every error..... May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [113] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - reported = 4/377/36/53/254/128. May 28 14:06:45 mango kernel: [114] ftape-read.c (ftape_decode_header_segment_R08b665ef) - required = 4/377/36/13/254/128. So next I download the ftape and ftape-tools rpm and install. The ftape-tools rpm seems to work. Using ftmt commands and the gui result in the same errors. The ftape rpm modifies /etc/conf.modules so that when I modprobe ftape I get an error. It also installs ftape.o, zftape.o and ftape-internal.o in /lib/modules/2.0.35/misc (Redhat 5.1 ? ) If I copy ftape-internal.o to /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc, I get unresolved dependecies. So I guess my question is... Do I have to recompile the kernel and make ftape from source to get it to work with Redhat 6.2? TIA, <<zank>>
