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Re: Ftape on RedHat

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From: Leon Brooks
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 00:00
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Robert Chiaramonte (chiaramo@euclid.colorado.edu) wrote:
: I am trying to get Ftape to access my tape drive.  When I try to use a
: command such as 'mt -f /dev/nrft0 status', the floppy drive whirrs for a
: little, and then I get a '/dev/nrft0: device not found' error.  Now the
: floppy is not mounted, so I don't understand why it is trying to access
: it.  The mt command autoloads the ftape module that came with the
: distribution properly....

Does your tape drive hook up via the floppy controller, via its own
controller, or through something like a SCSI buss?


-=-=-=-=-=- Regards / Leon Brooks -=-=-=-=-=-
On a clear disk, you can seek forever.
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From: leonb@dsdata.DIALix.oz.au (Leon Brooks)
Subject: Re: Ftape on RedHat
Date: 1997/04/03
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