Please read the following history: "Raymond Norton" <ray at lctn.k12.mn.us> wrote: > > 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?) -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Gravity brings me down. / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] 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