The Ftape Installation and Usage Guide - Testing ftape
Before you can test the tape driver, you have to load the kernel modules into the kernel. Please refer to the previous section on how to do this, See Loading ftape.
Throughout this chapter I will use the name `/dev/qft0
' as an
example for a rewinding tape device, and `/dev/nqft0
' as an example
for a non-rewinding tape device.
Note that you have to be `root
' to insert a kernel module
into the kernel as well as for installing the ftape package in the proper
places. But you needn't be `root
' to test the driver and
I strongly recommend that you test the driver using an ordinary
user account. To allow an ordinary user to access the tape device please
type in the following commands at the shell prompt:
su chmod a+rw /dev/qft0 chmod a+rw /dev/nqft0 exit
Don't forget to restore the original file access permissions for the tape devices when you have finished testing the tape. An example how to do this is included at the end of this chapter.
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