[NTLUG:Discuss] Tape Backup info needed - Help?

[Robert Pearson]

On 9/19/05, Stephen Davidson <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca> wrote:
> gorky:~ # modprobe ftape
> gorky:~ # mt -f /dev/qft0 status
> mt: /dev/qft0: No such device or address
> gorky:~ # mt status
> mt: /dev/tape: No such file or directory
> gorky:~ # mt -f /dev/ftape
> Usage: mt [-V] [-f device] [--file=device] [--rsh-command=command]
>         [--help] [--version] operation [count]
> gorky:~ # mt -f /dev/ftape status
> mt: /dev/ftape: No such device or address
> gorky:~ #
> 
> from dmesg;
> bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
> subfs 0.9
> ftape: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
> ftape v3.04d 25/11/97

Did you have any luck getting the tape to work or even be seen by the
OS and machine?