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- Lines: 45
- Date:
Fri Apr 12 09:49:34 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.86/linux/drivers/char/ftape/RELEASE-NOTES
- Orig date:
Fri Mar 15 11:59:15 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.86/linux/drivers/char/ftape/RELEASE-NOTES linux/drivers/char/ftape/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
- QIC-3020/TR-3: 1Mbps support works. Neal is capable of reading and
writing data to a tape. ftape will automatically detect the type of
tape (e.g. TR-3 vs QIC-80) and move the fdc in and out of
- "perpendicular mode" as neccesarry.
+ "perpendicular mode" as necessary.
- 2Mbps support is disabled by default, since it is not fully
debugged. If you are adventurous, remove -DFDC_82078SL in the
Makefile and see what happens :-)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
bad segment.
This causes most applications to continue to work (tar
and afio) loosing only a small amount (up to 29 Kb) of data.
-Retried read operations will now be done slighly off-track
+Retried read operations will now be done slightly off-track
to improve the chance of success. Serious head off-track
errors will be detected.
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
Kernels and compilers
---------------------
-Ftape is currently being developped using the 2.5.8 compiler.
+Ftape is currently being developed using the 2.5.8 compiler.
The older 2.4.5 probably works too (Set option in Makefile!).
I have no experience with any later compilers nor Elf support.
Any information on this is welcome.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
===== Release notes for ftape-2.02d, 30/04/95 =====
-- Improved abortion on signals: Interrupt will make a gracefull
+- Improved abortion on signals: Interrupt will make a graceful
exit, Kill will be less nice and should be used if everything
else fails.
- Included check for tape-head off track.
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
The error correction code can handle up to three of these hard
errors provided there are no other errors in that segment (32 Kb).
-- Allows writing to tapes with defects (although the risc of loosing
+- Allows writing to tapes with defects (although the risk of loosing
data increases !)
Look for the media-defects entry printed with the statistics when
the tape is closed. A non-zero value here shows a bad tape.
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