I have an older colorado 250mb qic80 tape drive and cannot seem to get it working under linux (works fine under w98, was working fine on the win3.1 box I swiped it from, it is on the supported hardware list). when i do an insmod, nothing happens [root@linux1 alex]# insmod ftape [root@linux1 alex]# mt rewind /dev/tape: No such file or directory [root@linux1 alex]# mt -f /dev/ftape rewind /dev/ftape: No such device [root@linux1 alex]# ls -la /dev/ftape lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 9 16:09 /dev/ftape -> rft0 [root@linux1 alex]# ls -la /dev/rft0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jan 9 17:24 /dev/rft0 -> qft0 [root@linux1 alex]# ls -la /dev/qft0 crw------- 1 root root 27, 0 Jan 9 17:24 /dev/qft0 [root@linux1 alex]# modprobe -c # This file was generated by: modprobe -c (2.1.121) path[misc]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[pcmcia]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[video]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[fc4]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[sound]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[ipv6]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[ipv4]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[cdrom]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[block]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[scsi]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[net]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[fs]=/lib/modules/2.2.13-7mdk path[misc]=/lib/modules/default path[pcmcia]=/lib/modules/default path[video]=/lib/modules/default path[fc4]=/lib/modules/default path[sound]=/lib/modules/default path[ipv6]=/lib/modules/default path[ipv4]=/lib/modules/default path[cdrom]=/lib/modules/default path[block]=/lib/modules/default path[scsi]=/lib/modules/default path[net]=/lib/modules/default path[fs]=/lib/modules/default path[misc]=/lib/modules path[pcmcia]=/lib/modules path[video]=/lib/modules path[fc4]=/lib/modules path[sound]=/lib/modules path[ipv6]=/lib/modules path[ipv4]=/lib/modules path[cdrom]=/lib/modules path[block]=/lib/modules path[scsi]=/lib/modules path[net]=/lib/modules path[fs]=/lib/modules # Aliases alias eth0 tulip alias midi awe_wave alias sound sb alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi alias binfmt-2 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-0107 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-387 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-332 iBCS alias binfmt-310 binfmt_java alias block-major-1 rd alias block-major-2 floppy alias block-major-3 ide-probe alias block-major-7 loop alias block-major-8 sd_mod alias block-major-11 sr_mod alias block-major-13 xd alias block-major-15 cdu31a alias block-major-16 gscd alias block-major-17 optcd alias block-major-18 sjcd alias block-major-20 mcdx alias block-major-22 ide-probe alias block-major-23 mcd alias block-major-24 sonycd535 alias block-major-25 sbpcd alias block-major-26 sbpcd alias block-major-27 sbpcd alias block-major-29 aztcd alias block-major-32 cm206 alias block-major-33 ide-probe alias block-major-34 ide-probe alias char-major-4 serial alias char-major-5 serial alias char-major-6 lp alias char-major-9 st alias char-major-10 misc alias char-major-10-0 busmouse alias char-major-10-1 psaux alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse alias char-major-10-3 atixlmouse alias char-major-10-4 amigamouse alias char-major-10-5 atarimouse alias char-major-10-130 wdt alias char-major-10-131 wdt alias char-major-10-135 off alias char-major-10-139 openprom alias char-major-14 sound alias char-major-19 cyclades alias char-major-20 cyclades alias char-major-21 sg alias char-major-27 ftape alias char-major-34 scc alias char-major-35 tclmidi alias char-major-36 netlink alias char-major-37 ide-tape alias char-major-48 riscom8 alias char-major-49 riscom8 alias char-major-63 kdebug alias dos msdos alias dummy0 dummy alias dummy1 dummy alias eth0 off alias iso9660 isofs alias md-personality-1 linear I have tried including ftape directly in the kernel, but that gives the same results on a mt command. Any ideas on how can I get ftape to work? I would imagine something needs to be done in /dev, but what is it? -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
