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"Raymond Norton" <ray at lctn.k12.mn.us> wrote:
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> I am new to Linux ( using RedHat 6.2) and am having a difficult time
> configuring my Colorado Trakker 350. When doing "make, or make install"
> using (Ftape 4.04), I get many lines of info scrolling by about entering
> and leaving directories. At the end I get an error: "No Rule to make
> target '/usr/src/linux/.config', needed by ftape-init.o . Stop. At the
> end of everything it says make: *** [Install] error 2

Yeah, you need to configure the kernel before building it.  I personally
like `make xconfig', though lots of people like doing it through text
menus with `make menuconfig'.

However, I would think that RedHat came with the ftape module already
compiled.  Have you tried just doing `modprobe ftape' as root?  (or is
there some reason for you to compile it fresh?)

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I wanted to install the newest version of ftape to be sure it supported the
Colorado Trakker. When I do a "modprobe ftape" I get an error, so I went to
where ftape.o was located and did a "insmod ftape.o". It took it, and when I
went back to root I "entered modprobe ftape.o". This time there were no
errors. I am not sure what I have to do so ftape gets loaded at start up, or
what I need to do next to get the Linux to see the tape drive. I would like
to use the new version of ftape  that I downloaded instead of what came with
RedHat 6.2