ftape: 4.03
ftape-tools: 1.08
kernel: 2.2.5
Pent 200, 80M RAM, Colorado Jumbo 250, FC-20 controller
/etc/conf.modules entries:
alias char-major-27 zftape
options ftape ft_probe_fc10=1
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none
options ftape-internal ft_fdc_base=0x180 ft_fdc_irq=9 ft_fdc_dma=2
Description:
Using the newest ftape and ftape-tools (although I've had this error
before this newest rev), any time I try to format a 307' QIC-80 tape in
a Colorado Jumbo 250 I get right to the very end of formatting (when
it's verifying) and it craps out with:
ftape-io.c (ftape_seek_head_to_track) - track out of bounds.
How can I fix this? Somehow I was able to format another 307ft tape and
have been able to write/read from it just fine. But all I have is the
one tape to use. I've tried more than a few other cartridges but always
get the same thing. Erasing, formatting and verifying go perfectly fine
until the very end (and I retension before starting). I have no problem
formatting the tape under OS/2 (Backmaster, but then I can't use the
tape with Linux).
I've tried bulk-erasing, fiddling with various ftape-tool formatting
options, etc., but nothing. I've also tried 'exit' ftape-tools when I
hit the error and killing it but apparently the last thing it does it
write the tape size because if I try to use a tape that's failed this
way, ftape exits stating, 'no space on device'. Kernel is 2.2.5 and I'm
using an FC-20 adapter for which I've compiled the correct parameters
and settings in conf.modules. And like I say, the drive and the one
tape I was lucky enough to get formatted work just fine.
I don't have access to a DOS partition to format the tape(s) with
Colorado's DOS front-end either (I think everything I'd need is bigger
than a floppy also).
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Mike Hardy
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