Alex, be sure you have the 1Mbps controller for that drive. I'm no Linux
expert, in fact I am only now (in the last 3 days) figuring out how to
download 6.1 for FREE. I DO know a lot about hardware though, and I've run
into that trouble before on other OS's.
Your existing may not be quick enough for Linux (driver ver).
Anything you can tell me about downloading 6.1 will help me out!
I knew nothing about the "ISO image"; I hadn't read about it bcz I don't
have a cdrw. I guess I'm going to nee one...
Thanks,
Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex V Flinsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Tape drive won't work
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Michelle Schneider wrote:
> > > > > I have not been able to get my tape drive to work. I have read
the How-To and
> > > > > the FAQ. No matter what I try, I get a message "device not
found." I have a
> > > > > Conner tape drive that uses TR-1 cartridges. It works in dos but
not in linux.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > Is this SCSI or Floppy-based?
> > > > John
> > >
> > > Sorry, I forgot that in my original message. It is Floppy-based.
> > >
> > No sweat. Typically, you use the "ftape" command to access
> > a floppy-based tape drive. The device is either /dev/ftape
> > or /dev/rft0 (or /dev/nftape or /dev/nrft0.) Also, does
> > your floppy drive work when you've got the tape drive
> > installed? Just wondering if you have the correct adapter
>
> I was having similar problems. I needed to do the following:
>
> insmod ftape
> insmod zftape
> insmod ftape-internal
>
> in that order before anything would work
>
> --
> Alex
> (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
>
