In case you didn't get a reply already to this.
from the console enter "modprobe zftape" (minus the quotes) then fire up taper.
Regards
Dan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi again!,
>
> I have a Colorado T1000 floppy tape drive that I have been trying desperately to
> configure for Linux. I have found much info on ftape, and even an old
> program that I used to use for backing up SCO (Microlite Backup Edge) that has
> been ported to Linux. I cannot, however, get over the first hurdle which
> is how in the heck to get Linux to "see" the tape drive. I currently have the
> tape drive "sharing" the floppy cable with my "a:" drive(fd0), so I would ASSume
> the tape drive would be fd1? No luck there. Tried every possible twist, turn,
> flip and flop of cables and drives. Still does not show up in dmesg. How do I
> find this device name? I recall something about floppy tape drives possibly not
> working when "sharing" a floppy cable with another drive. If this is the case,
> do I need a floppy controller card? If the floppy controller card is the way to
> go, should I tell my bios that now a drive "b" exists? How should this drive be
> mounted, (mt)?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
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Regards
Dan
