Greetings !
I have Ftape running under 2.2.x but need to have it also under 2.4.x
but wish to avoid wasting time trying if it is known that it won't.
If yes, how, please ?
Appreciatively,
Courtney
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Sorry not quite that simple. Debian has no ftape device in /dev. You need
to create the ftape device in /dev using a command like that below.
mknod -m 660 /dev/rft0 c 27 0
mknod -m 660 /dev/nrft0 c 27 4
I used this ages ago - as far as i am aware ftape and zftape are the some
thing now
I thought ftape was included in the kernel?
tar -cvf /dev/nft0 /path/to/backup ?
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Subject: ftape
Hi All,
HAs anyone succesfully managed to install ftape? I&#x
Hi All,
HAs anyone succesfully managed to install ftape? I've downloaded the
source and build the kernel modules but when I got to insmod I'm getting
root@duocity:~/src# insmod zft-compressor
Using
/lib/modules/2.4.19-xfs/kernel/drivers/char/ftape/compressor/zft-compresso
r.o
/lib/modu
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert)
> Date: Sun Apr 15 14:22:11 EDT 2001
>
> When I try inserting the ftape module:
>
When I try inserting the ftape module:
% modprobe ftape
it says:
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o: invalid parameter parm_ft_fdc_driver
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o: insmod ftape failed
I
When I try inserting the ftape module:
% modprobe ftape
it says:
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o: invalid parameter parm_ft_fdc_driver
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ftape.o: insmod ftape failed
I
Hi
I have a problem compiling ftape-4.04a
I think I made correct modifications to MCONFIG,
but I get this:
zftape-rw.c: In function `zft_set_flags':
zftape-rw.c:76: `ZFT_Q80_MODE' undeclared (first use in this function)
zftape-rw.c:76: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only o
Hi
In 2.0 there used to be a package called ftape-module with the kernel
patch for ftape (the one included into the kernel source is very old).
As it turned out, 2.2 kernel also was an old driver.
I can get the patch from the ftape web page, I just curious, why it did
not make in to the stable
Can the ftape/zftape/whatever other modules be set to load
automatically when the floppy tape drive is accessed?
Or do I have to load the module permanently in /etc/modules?
Thanks,
Daniel
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Where should I look for documentation on what I need to set up
to get the ftape and/or zftape modules to load automatically
when I try to access /dev/ftape (/dev/*qrt0; major 27, minor ...)?
Do I need to add some alias to /etc/modules.conf or
/etc/modules/aliases?
Also, is this behavior
debian-user-ers,
I have a generic QIC-80 tape drive which I know works with
Linux/Ftape, as it was installed and working with a redhat 5.2 system.
However, i now wish to get it working in my Debian Woody system, and
have encountered many problems. The drive is the only device hooked
up to the
I compiled ftape into my kernel (actually as a
module). I have an Eagle TR-3 type drive on my floppy
controller which is the on-board unit (can handle 2.8
mb floppies). The ftmt status command never
completes, taring a backup to the tape drive doesn't
work either. What happens is that the
> I haven't seen a FTape package in the stable distribution that works with
> the 2.0.38 Debian Kernel.
>
> Does anybody know where I can find one?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad Dittmer
>
I haven't seen a FTape package in the stable distribution that works with
the 2.0.38 Debian Kernel.
Does anybody know where I can find one?
Thanks
gt; tapes. I am confused over whether I should have Ftape selected in the drivers
> selection screen during install or accept the package Ftape and Ftape-Utils
> in dselect. They are automatically selected using the "Dial-Up" setup option.
> I am using Cheapbytes "SLINK
Thanks to recent help from Nico Galoppo & Peter Makholm I have installed the
crucial RPM's that I need using Alien. They work great!!
Now that I know I will be able to use this system I wish to load my files from
tapes. I am confused over whether I should have Ftape selected in th
Thanks Kenneth.
Johann
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Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KS> I read the sources to the latest ftape package (I downloaded the
KS> tarball from the ftape site) and it DOES NOT SUPPORT FORMATING
KS> TAPES.
(for definitions of "it" such that "it" is the Iomega 2GB and Ditto
Ma
The latest ftape package (I'm not sure but I think the debian ftape
package NOT THE DRIVER IN THE KERNEL supports the ditto 2g drive.) DO
NOT ENABLE FTAPE IN THE KERNEL CONFIG AND TRY TO BUILD IT IN. ENABLE
IT AS A MODULE BUT DON'T BUILD THE KERNEL MODULE. USE THE FTAPE
PACKAGE.
Johann,
The version of ftape in the 2.0.x kernels is much older than that on the
ftape archives. 3.04d is the first version to support the Ditto 2GB
drive, but I understand there are still problems. The latest is 4.02. As
Claus-Justus says on his web page:
If you intend to use Iomega&#
I have tried out ftape from the ftape archives without very much success
on an Iomega Ditto 2Gb.
Now I have removed that ftape from my system and want to see how the ftape
that comes with Debian 2.0 works. I know it comes from the same source,
but I have trouble configuring debian's ve
Hello:
If anyone is using Ftape with a Colorado FC10 or 20 controller card,
please contact me regarding your setup. I'm having a few problems.
Thanks,
Mark
==
Mark A. Bialik (414
Hi,
I'm still having trouble getting my Colorado 1400 tape drive to work. Can
anyone tell me what this errorcode means. I found it in /var/log/messages
after running this command:
ftmt -f /dev/qft0 reset
ftape-io.c (ftape_report_error) - errorcode: 27
Here are al
Chris,
You might trying specifying a block size when you issue the tar command.
On my system, the output of "ftmt -f /dev/ftape status" gives me the block-size
the tape drive is expecting, which I then specify with tar. This fixed for me
the tar problem you described below.
Hope
downloaded ftape. The only change I made in the MCONFIG file was to
select CONFIG_M586=y (The machine is a pre-MMX P-166).
"make" and "make install" seemed to run without any problems. As
instructed, I typed "modprobe zftape ; modeprobe zft-compressor", and then
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The status command didn't provide much info on the tape, in fact it was
> the same for both types of tapes, regular and extended.
>
> % mt -f /dev/ftape status
> drive type = 8423552
> drive status = 0
> sense key error = 0
essed,
> > although there are extended tapes that squeeze another 50MB or so.
> > Try executing "mt -f /dev/ftape stat" to see information about space
> > used on the tape and space remaining.
> >
>
> Actually, the extended qic-80(dc2120-ex) tapes hold 384MB
;>
>> QIC-117B drive @1MB/sec
>> QIC-80 tape
>>
>> Where would I look to find the capacity of this drive?
>
> I believe QIC 80 drives have a capacity of about 120MB uncompressed,
> although there are extended tapes that squeeze another 50MB or so.
> Try execu
> Where would I look to find the capacity of this drive?
I believe QIC 80 drives have a capacity of about 120MB uncompressed,
although there are extended tapes that squeeze another 50MB or so.
Try executing "mt -f /dev/ftape stat" to see information about space
used on the tape and
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez...
>
>
> 4.8. Can I format my tapes under Linux?
>
>
> No!
That applies to the version of ftape which is included in the kernel.
ftape-3.04d, which is instal
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
: >
: > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: >
: > > On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
: > > >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device?
: > >
Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
> > >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device?
> >
> > Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jee
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
> >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device?
>
> Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez...
>
> 4.8. Can I format my tapes under Linux?
Ftape-3.04d includes the ftformat command. I have installed it from
source, but there is now a .deb package, at least in hamm. The man page
indicates it will format QIC-80 tapes, but I haven't done that.
Bob
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
> >>
>
On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't
>>> feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to
>>> 'erase' the tape but that just erases the h
>>
>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't
>> feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to
>> 'erase' the tape but that just erases the header on the tape.
As far as I am aware then you can not use
Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't
feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to
'erase' the tape but that just erases the header on the tape.
Thanks.
Brian
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Hi,
I am running hamm with 2.0.33 kernel. However I need a newer ftape version, as
provided by
ftape-module-2.0.32_3.04d-2.
Can I use this package for 2.0.33 also by copying the corresponding .o files
from
lib/modules/2.0.32/misc to lib/modules/2.0.33/misc. Any different solution?
Or do I
Rob,
I still haven't got ftape reinstalled here, so I don't have any new
suggestions other than that you might want to ask for help on the
'linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu' list. Claus-Justice Heine, the ftape
author, is quite active on that list. I understand that he has
ju
Lets start this with a few *sighs* :/ I have now recompiled kernel 2.0.32
fine. The compile went fine and with no errors at all. I made sure that
ftape *was not* included. After editing the MCONFIG file and compiling
ftape yet again it still doesn't work.. i get errors as such:
On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Pure Energy wrote:
> Now i download ftape-2.0.30 try to install..
...
> So... any suggestions??? Anyone else out there running this tape drive
> with this kernel?
Hallo Rob,
I am using ftape 3.04-beta with success with my Iomega Ditto 2Gb. The
final version is
d) so i can not run 2.0.30.
>
> Now i download ftape-2.0.30 try to install..
>
> Unpacking ftape-2.0.30 (from .../utils/ftape-2.0.30_3.04d-1.deb) ...
> You've got a ftape module for your running kernel. Please compile a
> kernel with disabled ftape support
Well i had put this on the back burner aswell for a short time but have
put it back in my system. I have just reinstalled an IomegaDitto 2GB tape
drive (Internal). I run kernel version 2.0.32 (which i need for a specific
ether card) so i can not run 2.0.30.
Now i download ftape-2.0.30 try to
Hallo,
I have installed an Iomega Ditto 2G-drive and have compiled
ftape-3.04-beta-5 and completed the suggested tests successfully.
When I want to use tob (as root), however, I get the message
/sbin/tob: /dev/ftape: Permission denied.
The same happens when I try to use /dev/nqft0 in the place
Andreas Tille wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a Iomega 250 floppy tape drive. I compiled ftape into
> the Kernel (2.0.30). But what to do to get a device
>/dev/ftape ???
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV ftape
> According to the CDROM-HOWTO I have to create this entry via mkno
Hello,
I have a Iomega 250 floppy tape drive. I compiled ftape into
the Kernel (2.0.30). But what to do to get a device
/dev/ftape ???
According to the CDROM-HOWTO I have to create this entry via mknod.
But what are the correct parameters. I didn't find any information
neither i
On Wed, 28 May 1997 18:28:03 -0400, you wrote:
>I can't really comment on your specific problem as ftape is working
>fine for my Iomega Ditto 800. I think the messages indicate that there
>were write errors on different segments of your tape but the retries
>succeded. You could t
Thanks for your response!
I tracked the problem down to ECC failures. Here is what happens: first time
after format, the ftape gives ECC failures, but taper (the app I was using)
told me that it saw unknown data, and asked me if it should overwrite it...
before I made the connection between the
On May 28, Igor Grobman wrote
> I recently got myself a Seagate Tapestor3200 TR3/QIC 3020 tape drive. It
> works
> fine under DOS, however when I try to backup anything in Linux, I get the
> following errors:
>
> May 28 19:43:36 whoever kernel: [047]ftape-write.c (ftape_write_
I recently got myself a Seagate Tapestor3200 TR3/QIC 3020 tape drive. It works
fine under DOS, however when I try to backup anything in Linux, I get the
following errors:
May 28 19:43:36 whoever kernel: [047]ftape-write.c (ftape_write_segment) -
write error, retry 1 (399).
May 28 19:43:46
merco
- -/var/log/messages(any entries around 2am)
May 26 02:00:00 terrapin kernel: ftape-2.08 960314
May 26 02:00:00 terrapin kernel: (c) 1993-1995 Bas Laarhoven
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
May 26 02:00:00 terrapin kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
May 26 02:
On Wed, 09 Apr 1997 14:47:54 PDT Ken Gaugler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> During a dump I noticed these messages in /var/messages:
>
> Apr 9 13:17:18 keng-ppp kernel: [046]ftape-write.c (write_segment)
> - warning: 1 hard error(s) in wri
During a dump I noticed these messages in /var/messages:
Apr 9 13:17:13 keng-ppp kernel: [044] ftape-write.c (_write_segment)
- write error, retry 5.
Apr 9 13:17:17 keng-ppp kernel: [045] ftape-write.c (_write_segment)
- write error, retry 6.
Apr 9 13:17:18 keng-ppp kernel: [046]ftape
it a try.
BTW, I've experienced complete system lockups when using ftape-2.09 with kernel
1.2.14. This happens whenever reading or writing to the tape.
Trying to use zftape-1.05 gives kernel Ooops.
Anyone have these working ?
Phil.
Hi Daniel --
You asked:
> Just one question...
>
> Does taper implicitly call 'mt'?
Well, no. In fact, taper does its own ioctl calls, which is why it
is behind the other general-purpose utilities in supporting a broad array
of hardware. I spent a long time studying both taper and tob, and I'm
On Mon, 19 Aug 96 16:33 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> tar generates a single Tape ARchive (that's why it is called `tar')
> and knows nothing about multiple files or positioning of a tape, it
> just reads or writes from/to a device. mt knows everyting about moving
> the tape back and forth,
:
: There were only two sessions on my tape. Sadly, the second session
: contained the /usr filesystem, so I lost everything :(
Rejoice! you did not lose anything! Just reinstall and restore what you
have. All stuff in usr are executables and other read-only stuff as
per FSSTND. (except if you h
> There were only two sessions on my tape. Sadly, the second session
> contained the /usr filesystem, so I lost everything :(
Whenever doing backups, _verify_ your backups, even if it doubles the time
it takes to do them.
Oh, and whenever you're going to do something dangerous, _double_ your
bac
Ken Gaugler writes:
Ken> I had a nasty surprise using ftape to dump my filesystems for
Ken> archival right before repartitioning my hard drive. I wanted to let
Ken> people know about this in case they were not already aware.
Ken>
Ken> If you plan to dump several fil
I had a nasty surprise using ftape to dump my filesystems for archival
right before repartitioning my hard drive. I wanted to let people
know about this in case they were not already aware.
If you plan to dump several filesystems to one tape (that is, more than
one session on a tape) you need to
Chris> these packages and told dselect about them. When it asks to
When you tell dselect about the directories, it wants to find the
Packages[.gz] file. You might have noticed the error message when that
failed.
If you only want to install three packages, why don't you just use dpkg -i ?
lyx wants xforms and mailcrypt wants pgp.
It also tells me that taper wants ftape which I don't have (see question 3).
What am I doing wrong with dselect that it won't recognize packages
which I know are there?
3. I can't find ftape anywhere. Does anyone know where to find this?
Thanks in advance.
Chris Beamis
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