[ale] Re: ftape installation problems

[Unix Guru Dude]

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}On 14 Mar 1996 07:49:45 -0500, you wrote:
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}>I've been trying to get ftape working and can't get it to fly.  I've got
}>the latest greatest versions, ftape-2.06 and modules-1.2.8.  My current
}>kernel is 1.2.8 and this is the source in /usr/src.  When I first compiled
}>everything up and ran it, I got the following error:
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}>	__get_dma_pages undefined
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}I have recently upgraded my gcc/libs/etc..., and there is something in
}the latest binutils that indicates there is a problem building
}loadable modules with modules-1.2.8 and 1.3.57 and the binutils
}package.  I was also getting lots of errors when loading ftape, and
}got the newer modutils mentioned at the web site in binutils
}release-notes (from tsx-11.mit.edu).  This got rid of all the load
}errors when running insmod, but ftape (2.07) comes back with
}'initialization failed', and i don't know what that is yet.
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}mark crosland
}mjc at accessone.com

Well here's an interesting twist.  All along I've not been able to get this
thing to work.  I then upgraded to kernel 1.2.13, installed it and reboot so
I could test it a bit before going further.  Well on reboot, I had the
ftape.o from my 1.2.8 installation still out there.  I had created a new
1.2.13 isnmod and installed it.  When rc ran and tried to load ftape the
blasted thing worked.  I got an error message saying that I had a 1.2.8
ftape.o but it would still try and load it.  This is the first successful
load I've gotten and I'm using two different versions.  The blasted thing
still won't get anything out of the tape though.  I don't know if it's the
tape or the ftape confusion.  Well, onward........


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