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Re: Tape Back-ups Was: Ftape



Rob,

I still haven't got ftape reinstalled here, so I don't have any new
suggestions other than that you might want to ask for help on the
'linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu' list.  Claus-Justice Heine, the ftape
author, is quite active on that list.   I understand that he has
just released a kernel patch for ftape-3.04d.

Bob

On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Pure Energy wrote:

> 
> 
> Lets start this with a few *sighs* :/ I have now recompiled kernel 2.0.32
> fine. The compile went fine and with no errors at all. I made sure that
> ftape *was not* included. After editing the MCONFIG file and compiling
> ftape yet again it still doesn't work.. i get errors as such:
> 
> 	ftmt: command not found 
> 	ftmt: /dev/qft0: Device not configured
> 	/usr/include/ioctls.h:23: asm/ioctls.h: No such file or directory
> 	/usr/include/ioctls.h:24: linux/sockios.h: No such file or directory
> 	In file included from /usr/include/sys/ioctl.h:30,  
> 
> and too many others that i will not get into. I have fought, argued, and
> bitched at/with ftape now for months. I'm tired of it and sick of going
> over all the docs. So I have decided to give the iomega ditto 2 gig drive
> to my wife as it works great under window3.11. I have moved it there and
> she has finished a full backup of her computer with it.
> 
> 	Now my question is.... Can someone tell me a good inexpensive
> (100.00 - 300.00) tape drive that *is* supported with dependable drivers
> under debian/Linux? Are there any tape drives which have drivers included
> in the kernels? What are they? The drive should be able to backup atleast
> 1 gig min per tape.
> 
> Thanx and sorry for the bitching :/
> 	--Rob
> 
> PS.. 	My appologies to the maintainer of ftape Christian Meder as this
> is not meant to be a flame and/or complaint against him or Ftape. I will
> say that the documentation and the webpages are very well done.


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