[NTLUG:Discuss] Tape Backup Problem Fixed

[George E. Lass]

Carter B. Bennett wrote:
> 
> I want to thank everyone who responded to my question on the failure of the
> Iomega Easy 800 floppy tape drive, that failed to function after an upgrade
> from RH 5.2 to RH 6.0.
> 
> The problem was not having the zftape module loaded. After I did a:
> 
> insmod zftape
> 
> All my /dev/ftape stuff started working again. What's the best way to get
> this module to load
> automaticly at boot? Or is it best just to recompile the kernel with zftape
> support?

Carter,

Sometimes we miss the *simple* stuff (like insmod)! 

I have 10 Linux boxes configured at work and have monolithic kernels
in all of them. The way I look at it, as long as you have enough memory,
and your Zimage file isn't too big, I'd rather spend a few extra seconds
at 
startup loading a big kernel than a few hours/days mucking around with
trying to figure out why module "X" didn't load.  In other words:

Go Monolithic!

George