Hi Dennis,
Your message doesn't tell which type of tape device you have, but
I found out in my case that the data in the 'insert' script were
wrong for me, so as I had had a reply from Alex V. Flinch, that
the order of installation was important, and that he was using:
insmod ftape
insmod zftape
insmod ftape-internal
Well, this worked, but as I didn't think that the insert script
was actually wrong, rather this must have something to do with the
data I had a second look at the insert script. I have an internal
floppy tape, Travan1, which uses the QIC-80 standard, so I tried
to just keep the order and strip the data from the insmod of
ftape-internal.o. Then it worked OK. I have not checked which data
I should put in there instead of the originals, but this seems to
work OK. Also, I stripped out the options of tracker and backpack
and changed the ft_fdc_driver= to 'internal,none,none,none' and
ft_tracings to '3,0,0,0,3, as there really is only one option for
me. Now the script looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
#
# Example module insertion script for ftape-4.x
# Changed by Bodvar Bjorgvinsson with help of others
# on [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sat. 27 May 2000.
#
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/ftape.o
ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none ft_tracings=3,0,0,0,3
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/ftape-internal.o
insmod /lib/modules/2.2.13/misc/zftape.o ft_major_device_number=27
# ${27-FT_MAJOR}
#
I am sure I will have a look at the real figures to insert to have
the script look professional, but as long as this works...it works
for me.
Hope this gives you some idea, just remember first to copy your
insert script to something like insert.orig, so that you will have
an easy way to get back to the original.
Bodvar
Dennis Putnam wrote:
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> I have installed ftape (latest unstable version) but I am not sure
> what driver(s) to load. The documentation says it supports CTT3200
> but nothing on what driver that needs. I took the defaults which are
> the only parallel port drivers I can find (Trakker and Back-Pack).
> When I try to access the drive I get an error that says device not
> configured. What do I need to do to configure the device or does that
> mean it can't find the device? TIA.
>
> Dennis Putnam Public Key can be obtained from:
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