I'd love to help. I got the exact same system partially working a short
time ago, except I cannot read data from the tapes. I can only write to
them... Strange...
Anyway, you give no indication as to what your difficulties are. Perhaps
you could BRIEFLY describe where things are failing for you. Here are some
basics:
In the latest Fape directory there should be a subdirectory called
modules. In there you should find a file called "insert". This is the file
that loads the driver modules into the kernel so your system knows how to
access the drive (Yes, the modules are required no matter what you use to
run a backup.). Read that file and tweak it to your liking (I can show you
mine if you want to look at it). Once the modules are loaded do a:
mt -f /dev/qft0 status
And you "should" see your drive status pop up. If not, check
the end of /var/log/messages for any pertinant error messages.
-Chuck
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Jarmo Paavilainen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ive dl ftape 4 something and compiled and installed it (make, make install).
> And now I want to use it with my Ditto Easy 3200 parallel tape driver.
>
> Ive scanned through all 200 html files (that are not in html form) without
> learning anything.
>
> All I want to do is to tar my "/home" to a tape (and if somthing goes wrong
> "untar" it from the tape).
>
> Im not even sure that I need ftape to do this, isnt there are rude support
> for parallel tapes built into the RedHat 6.0 kernel (2 something).
>
> My system is:
> RedHat 6.0
> Ditto Easy 3200 parallel tape
>
> // Jarmo
>
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