Hello,
Ben Brillat wrote:
>
> Hi there. I just downloaded and installed ftape-4.0.3-pre2.
>
> I purchased an external Ditto Max drive, so I needed that version.
>
> My computer is a 486 with TurboLinux and kernel 2.2.6.
>
> When I tried to make ftape, it gave me errors concerning the global struct
> "current" not having a member named timeout. I looked through all of the
> documentation, including the bug tracking database and saw that nobody had
> fixed this yet. (if this has been resolved, my apologies) So, here goes:
I just mailed a message in this mailing list about this problem a few
days ago ;-)
The answer was:
William Ono wrote:
>
> > fdc-io.c:433: structure has no member named `timeout'
>
> Gerard,
>
> You need to use the -unstable- ftape drivers. Contrary to their name,
> they are quite stable.
>
> I had a hard time actually finding the unstable drivers, so here's the
> address you want:
>
> http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable/
>
> I know the March 17 and March 25 snapshots worked for me, maybe the newer
> ones work, too.
>
> I hope that helps.
And yes it helped. The only difference with your problem is that I have
the internal Ditto Max Pro with the Dash EZ card ;-)
Best regards,
G�rard Jr.
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