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This directory contains a patches which are necessary to compile and
run the ftape driver version 3.04d and later with Linux v1.2.x.

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* Don't apply this patch if you are running other kernel versions. *
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To apply the patches, change to the directory where the Linux v1.2.x
kernel sources are located. Probably this is `/usr/src/linux/' or
similar and use the `patch' command like follows:

cd /usr/src/linux/
patch -p1 < /usr/src/ftape-tools-1.08/Linux/v1.2/linux-1.2.13.dif
patch -p1 < /usr/src/ftape-tools-1.08/Linux/v1.2/linux-1.2.13.dif2

where you have to replace `/usr/src/ftape-tools-1.08/' by the
name of the directory where the ftape-tools sources are located in.

Afterwards you have to recompile your kernel and reinstall it. The
safest way to do so is the following

cd /usr/src/linux/
make dep
make clean
make zImage
make modules
make modules_install

You probably will have to replace the `make zImage' by the proper
command to make and install your kernel image. Possibilities are `make
zlilo' or `make zdisk'. But this depends on your setup. If you got
your Linux system as a CD distribution, then you probably also got a
handbook where the necessary steps how to compile and install a new
kernel version are explained.

The files `io.h' and `wrapper.h' in this directory are intended for
the case where the `patch' command fails, probably because your kernel
sources are already heavily patched. In this case, you still can
change the kernel sources with little effort. Please refer to the
`ftape-manual'. The file `README' in the top level directory of the
ftape driver sources tells you where to obtain the `ftape-manual'.



Claus-Justus Heine <heine@instmath.rwth-aachen.de>


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