> For anyone who needs to
> know, the order for loading ftape 3.x drivers is:
>
> insmod ftape
> insmod zftape
> insmod zft-compression
> insmod ftape-format
Or you could add the following to /etc/conf.modules:
alias char-major-27 zftape
Then future attempts at accessing the tape (either with tar, bru, mt, etc) will
automatically load the necessary modules.
Additionally, you should add the following to the end of /etc/conf.modules:
pre-install ftape /sbin/swapout 5
This instructs the ftape drivers to find 5M free RAM to use for buffering, to
keep the tape busy with data (while the ftape driver is compressing data, for
example)
Furthermore, "modprobe zftape" should take care of loading all the modules in
the necessary order if you feel that's necessary. You really shouldn't use
"insmod" directly, for just this reason.
Dave
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