Need help getting Ftape to work

[Rodney Thayer]

I don't use ftape but is there some chance that "nftape" is a generic name 
and they expect you to link that to the appropriate real dev entry?

>Hello Linuxers.
>I've been trying to get running my version of Ftape that came with my 
>Slackware distribution.  It's a Linux System Labs version I bought in 
>December of last year.
>
>When the machine boots it loads the ftape module and when I do a "set" <cr>
>TAPE=/dev/nftape tells me that the TAPE variable is set.
>
>Upon erasing or rewinding a tape I get:"mt: 
>/dev/nftape: No such device."
>I'm using a 250MB Colorado Backup tape drive attached to the floppy 
>controller.  I really can't think of anything else at this point; i'm 
>logged in as root when I attempt it. All the other devices that go along 
>with nftape in the /dev direcotory seem to be there, such as nrft0, 
>nrft1, etc.
>	Any help would be most appreciated.
>Thanks.
>
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>Vincent Cocco
>Suffolk University     email:  cocco at misty.suffolk.edu
>Boston, MA 02108         fax:  617-573-8703
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