: From: Robin Faichney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:59:52 +0100
:
: I have a Ditto 2GB external, and I can't find instructions to use it with
: ftape. No doubt I could, if I had more patience, but my linux HD is making
: strange noises, so I'm a bit uptight, and really want to dump the whole fs ASAP.
:
: I have SuSE 6.2, i.e. kernel 2.2.10 with ftape 3.04d. I'd rather not bother
: upgrading ftape unless there's a good reason to do so.
There is a good reason: ftape 3.04 doesn't support parallel port
devices. You need the latest `unstable' ftape version from:
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/unstable
Jochen
