>
>
> As appears, when I try to access /dev/qft0 like
> e.g. tar -cf /dev/qft0
> kerneld loads only ftape.o module but does not
> load zftape.o module.
> With only ftape.o module loaded ftape does not
> work at all but bombs out with "operation not
> supported by device" error.
> So the only way to make ftape work in 2.1.85
> is to load ftape.o and zftape.o manually with
> insmod. This is not how I used to do with
> earlier kernels when kerneld loaded ftape.o
> automatically (it still does it, but ftape.o
> doesn't do any good without zftape.o).
>
> Other than that ftape works OK in 2.1.85.
>
man kerneld
Look for the lines "pre-install, post-install, pre-remove, post-remove."
The line you need is this:
post-install ftape {insmod/modprobe} zftape
Adam
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