Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KS> I read the sources to the latest ftape package (I downloaded the KS> tarball from the ftape site) and it DOES NOT SUPPORT FORMATING KS> TAPES.
(for definitions of "it" such that "it" is the Iomega 2GB and Ditto Max drives. ftape formats tapes fine on drives that support formatting.) KS> FOR THE DITTO 2G YOU MUST USE PREFORMATED TAPES!!!!! This is KS> because iomega is not linux friendly and the details had to be KS> reverse engineered. My understanding is that the drives themselves don't support formatting; you can't even format the tape under DOS. -- _____________________________ / \ "Dad was reading a book called | David Maze | _Schroedinger's Kittens_. Asexual | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | reproduction? Only one cat is in the box." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Abra Mitchell \_____________________________/
