Date:	Mon, 24 Jul 2000 03:27:58 +0200
From:	Claus-Justus Heine <heine@instmath.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] ftape-4.04 and utilities
To:	linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu (Linux Tape Mailing List),

I'd like to announce ftape-4.04.

What it is
==========

ftape is the floppy tape device driver for Linux.

News
====

-- Fix a  severe bug  in  the volume   table  code. Applies   ONLY  to
   cartridges  with more thatn  2^16 segments,  where cartridges could
   not  be  shared with  various backup  programs for  other operating
   systems (i.e. Windoze).

   The bug caused data loss when appending data to cartridges with
   ftape which already contained volumes created with other backup
   programs (and vice versa).


-- Fix a compilation bug with 2.0.x kernels


Supported platforms
===================

Linux/x86
Linux/alpha

Maybe others.

Where to get it
===============

Primary site:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes/ftape-4.04.tar.bz2
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes/ftape-tools-1.09.tar.bz2
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes/ftape-doc-1.05.tar.bz2

It will probably take a some time before the archives show up at
their proper location at sunsite. Until then you can fetch them from

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/Incoming/

Secondary site:

http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/tar/ftape-4.04.tar.bz2
http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-tools/tar/ftape-tools-1.09.tar.bz2
http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/archives/ftape-4.x/tar/ftape-doc-1.05.tar.bz2

Archives packed with gzip are also available from the same locations.

The Ftape home page is located at

http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/

Regards

Claus

-- 
  Claus-Justus Heine             
  heine@instmath.rwth-aachen.de
  http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/

  Ftape - the Linux Floppy Tape Project
  Home Page   : http://www.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/
  Mailing-list: linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu