ftape rewinds my FLOPPY instead of my Travan tape!

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2 total messages Started by Geert Machtelinck Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

#691

Author: Geert Machtelinck
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

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Hi all!

I have just installed ftape-2.08 to be able to use my Seagate Travan Tape
with my brand new PC, on Linux, ... of course. 

So, I installed everything according to the installation files from
ftape-2.08, including inserting the ftape.o module with insmod and so on.

The next thing to do is to test the beast by trying to rewind a tape.
after typing:

mt -f /dev/ftape rewind

... I hear a zoom sound coming from my PC, so I'm happy... :-) However,
the LED from my Floppy lits! :-| He tries to rewind the floppy! nogo. :-(

What is wrong?

Re: ftape rewinds my FLOPPY instead of my Travan tape!

#692

Author: Mike Kachline
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

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Geert Machtelinck (gm@sas.be) wrote:
....
: ... I hear a zoom sound coming from my PC, so I'm happy... :-) However,
: the LED from my Floppy lits! :-| He tries to rewind the floppy! nogo. :-(
....

	Is your tape drive plugged into your floppy controller cable, or do you have a high speed controller card? If you've got a controller card, try 
changing the card to a different IRQ. Does linux recognize your floppy drive Ok? (ie, did you plug in the cables right?)

	What does ftape say in your syslog (do a "dmesg" to see) after you 
insmod ftape, and after you try rewinding the tape?

							- Mike
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Michael Kachline - CS, Georgia Tech
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