Probably I didn't get ftape rebuilt. You'll have to go to 1.7.259 in any
case, there is a new kernel format since 1.7.205. I'll put it on my todo
list. -Tom
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Douglas Bollinger wrote:
> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:50:55 -0400
> From: Douglas Bollinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] Kernel modules on ftp site still for old kernel?
>
> Am I nuts, or are the kernel modules (specifically ftape and friends)
> available at the ftp site still for the old kernel, like the one used in the
> 1.7.185? I tried to load them using a 1.7.205 disk, but got a
> kernel-mismatch error. They don't work if I try to force them, either. I
> noticed this when I tried to recover a partition off of tape.
>
> I went back to a 1.7.185 disk and the kernel modules loaded fine, but that
> old a kernel can't mount the ext2 fs partition because it's got 'new
> features'. hahahaha
>
> I d/l the very lastest off the ftp site, but they seem to be the same as the
> ones on my extras disk. At least they still don't work with 1.7.205...
>
> Douglas Bollinger
> Mt. Holly Springs, PA
>
> My other computer runs Linux.
>
