I was having similar problems. I needed to do the following:
insmod ftape
insmod zftape
in that order before anything would work
Michelle
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Hi there,
> I have set up my PC (a Gateway G6-233) as a dual boot systen. I am able to
> boot into Windows 95 and Linux Mandrake 7.0 without any problems. I have a
> Seagate tape drive which works perfectly well under Windows. When I boot into
> Linux the operating system seems to recognise its presence and call it hdd.
> However, when I attempt to run the tape backup software I keep getting the
> message "Tape not in drive". What do I need to do to resolve this?
>
> Thanking you in advance for your assistance.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> John Wallis
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