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5.4.1: FDC_OPT, setting up for your hardware

The most important makefile variable is FDC_OPT. However, you don't need to worry about it if you have connected your tape drive to the standard floppy controller. If you have connected your tape drive to a controller of either of the following types

Secondary Floppy Controller
MOUNTAIN MACH-2
Colorado CMS FC-10/FC-20
Ditto Dash
Exabyte accelerator
CTC-2Mb

then you need to uncomment the corresponding line in the file MCONFIG and replace the default values for CONFIG_FDC_BASE, CONFIG_FDC_IRQ and CONFIG_FDC_DMA with the values your hardware uses. Please refer to the manuals that came with your tape drive. Also, you may want to check which settings are used by the software that was shipped with your tape drive.

Note that since version 3.02 of ftape there is also the possibility to configure these variable at load time of the module resp. boot time of the system. That means, FDC_OPT only gives the default settings the driver uses. See Load time configuration.


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