On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Raymond A. Ingles wrote: : > : > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > : > > On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: : > > >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? : > > : > > Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez... : > > : > > 4.8. Can I format my tapes under Linux? : > > : > > No! : > : > Actually, yes, the latest ftape drivers can format tapes. I don't have a : > URL handy, I'm afraid, but it can be done. : > : : Yep, I found it. It is at Sunsite. Does anybody know if the latest : ftape drivers are in the latest kernels and if the programs ftformat, : etc, are making it into some Debian package. I downloaded the source : but I don't want to create trouble if I don't have to. : : Brian
There is an ftape-module package in hamm. It looks to be the latest version, with the ability to format tapes. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .