Jakob Curdes wrote:
> I am running a kernel 2.2.14 and compiled ftape as modules so
> I assume from the docs that I have ftape 4.02.
> The tools I have are definitely 1.07. The modules are loaded
> and I can happily make backups using ftape. Vtblc works as well,
> just ftformat keeps complaining....
You probably need one of the development versions (4.03...) to have good
compatibility with ftape-tools. For kernels in the 2.2.x series, I think
you have to use
ftape-4.x-1999_09_11.tar.gz
to compile with the 2.2.x kernels
>
> interestingly, when I run the ftape-tool and press format, the tape
> is accessed via nrawft0 and I get a different error message :
>
> "Unable to close ftformat pipe"
>
I had previously that error when using the kernel stock module and
ftape-tools. Using debian package ftape-source, which I think is based
in version above, or at least has some of the patches applied I was able
to successfully format tapes.
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