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6.4.1.2: FDC drivers specification in `/etc/conf.modules'

Tell the ftape.o modules which low-level FDC drivers it should use with the ft_fdc_driver options (see ftape.o). Add the line that suits your setup to `/etc/conf.modules'. See Which modules are needed?.


Single internal tape drive
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,none,none,none

Single Colorado Trakker parallel port tape drive
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=trakker,none,none,none

Single Backpack compatible parallel port tape drive
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none

Auto-probe for either Trakker or BackPack
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=trakker:bpck-fdc,none,none,none

Internal and parallel port tape drives

The following line should be used when you have an internal floppy tape drive installed and want to be able to use a parallel port tape drive as well. This example auto-probes for either a Colorado Trakker tape drive or a Backpack tape drive at the parallel port tape drive. As it seems that the internal Iomega Ditto Max can't be used with other ftape devices than `/dev/qft0' this example configures ftape to use `/dev/qft0' for the internal tape drive.

options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,trakker:bpck-fdc,none,none

Totally fudged out setup

Assume you are crazy and have two internal tape drives which should be used with `/dev/qft0' and `/dev/qft2', and have a Colorado Trakker parallel port tape drive which is glued to `/dev/qft1' and several other parallel port tape drives floating around (either Colorado Trakker or with the Micro Solutions BackPack interface) which optionally might be used with `/dev/qft3', then the following over-kill setup is appropriate (but why didn't you buy a DAT tape drive as backup medium in this case???)

options ftape ft_fdc_driver=ftape-internal,trakker,\
ftape-internal,trakker:bpck-fdc

The line has been broken for better readability.


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