Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 06:10:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Diana <deichert@wrench.com> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy Tape drive support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970514060805.8096A-100000@ts.shopnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970513170409.12150U-100000@cedb>
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The release is 2.1.6, yes ft is part of the kernel but it doesn't support floppy tapes as well as the lft referenced in the archives. There was a pointer to lft that no longer works. I am having some problems with ft that sems others have had also, that's why I decided to try lft. thanks for the info, diana On Tue, 13 May 1997, Dan Busarow wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 1997, Diana wrote: > > While I was searching through the archives for references to floppy tape > > support I saw several references to "lft". Everyone pointed to > > You don't give your release but on 2.2 the ft driver is included > in the generic kernel. > > Just checked a 2.1.5 system and it's included there too. > > I've never used one so I don't know if there is anything special > you need to do in terms of jumpering or cabling the drive to get > it to work, but as far as the kernel is concerned you should > not need to do anything. > > Dan > -- > Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 > DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com > Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82 > > Diana Eichert IT Systems Supervisor Prewitt Mill McKinley Paper Company deichert@wrench.com Tele: 505/270-0751 FAX: 505/873-7925 PGP public key: finger deichert@ts.shopnet.com
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