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6.4: Inserting the ftape modules into the kernel

NOTE: You have to be `root' to insert a kernel module into the kernel or to edit the file `/etc/conf.modules'. Either you login as `root' or do a `su' at the shell prompt.

NOTE ALSO: You need a kernel without support for ftape compiled into the kernel image. Please check the file `/proc/devices' for a line like `27 ft'. If `/proc/devices' contains such a line(1), then you need to reconfigure your kernel without support for ftape enabled, i.e. answer `no' to the

Ftape (QIC-80/Travan) support 

question. Recompile and install the new kernel in the normal way.

You now have to decide whether you prefer loading ftape explicitly (e.g. from the startup scripts during system boot) or by using the kernel module auto-loading mechanism.

conf.modules Modifying `/etc/conf.modules'
request_module Using the kernel's module auto-loading mechanism
modprobe Loading the driver with modprobe


(1) Of course, the ftape device in `/proc/devices' will also show up if any version of the ftape module is loaded.


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