Claus-Justus Heine wrote @ 09.07.2000:
>Hi Lars,
>>
>> Is it possible that there are wrong settings in the kernel? What else can I do?
>>
>> The drive should be OK, it seeks the tape if I put it in etc. - everything seems to
>be
>
>Could you please post the ftape-specific kernel messages from you log
>files to linux-tapes@vger?
>
>Maybe somebody can make some sense out of it ...
>
logfile starting... (I just "grep tape"ed it, think that should be enough... ?
after "modprobe zftape" (which loads ftape, ftape-internal correctly...)
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Jul 9 00:31:09 lars kernel: ftape v4.03 06/30/2000
Jul 9 00:31:09 lars kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020/Ditto 2GB/MAX
floppy tape drives.
Jul 9 00:31:09 lars kernel: installing QIC-117 floppy tape driver ...
Jul 9 00:31:09 lars kernel: ftape_init @ 0xc40c421c.
Jul 9 00:31:11 lars kernel: zftape for ftape v4.03 06/30/2000
Jul 9 00:31:11 lars kernel: vfs interface for ftape floppy tape driver.
Jul 9 00:31:11 lars kernel: [000] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - zft_init @ 0xc40f9828.
Jul 9 00:31:11 lars kernel: [001] zftape-init.c (zft_init) - installing zftape VFS
interface for ftape driver ....
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [002] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 0.
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [005] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr
#1 @ c295ad40, dma area @ c0348000.
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [006] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr
#2 @ c295af20, dma area @ c0008000.
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [007] 0 ftape-buffer.c (add_one_buffer) - buffer nr
#3 @ c295ae80, dma area @ c0358000.
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [008] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 1.
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [012] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 2.
Jul 9 00:31:34 lars kernel: [016] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) - Probing for
ftape-internal tape drive slot 3.
Jul 9 00:31:35 lars kernel: [020] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) -
calibr_count: 6276, calibr_time: 9997 us.
Jul 9 00:31:35 lars kernel: [021] 0 ftape-calibr.c (ftape_calibrate) - TC for
`fdc_wait()' = 1592 nsec (at 6276 counts).
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now I tried something like "tar -cvf /dev/nqtf0 *"
after a few seconds:
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Jul 9 00:32:07 lars kernel: [025] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_activate_drive) - No tape
drive found.
Jul 9 00:32:09 lars kernel: [027] 0 ftape-ctl.c (ftape_enable) -
ftape_activate_drive(ftape, &ftape->drive_type) failed: -19.
Jul 9 00:32:09 lars kernel: [028] 0 zftape-ctl.c (_zft_open) - ftape_enable(sel)
failed: -19.
Jul 9 00:32:09 lars kernel: [029] 0 zftape-init.c (zft_open) - _zft_open failed.
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so i decided to unload....
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Jul 9 00:35:40 lars kernel: [030] zftape-init.c (cleanup_module) - successful.
Jul 9 00:35:40 lars kernel: zftape successfully unloaded.
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The output seems to be the same whether the tape drive is connected to the "external"
controller or the FDC.
Hope this will help... <sigh> :)
BTW, thanx for the nice support in here!
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