Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!munnari.oz.au!murdu!ucsvc!emu!lgeorge From: LGEORGE@insted.unimelb.edu.au (Lord Vader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Apple Tape Backup Message-ID: <4308@insted.unimelb.edu.au> Date: 4 Jul 90 15:40:54 GMT References: <90180.121617SAS102@psuvm.psu.edu> <615@dbase.A-T.COM> Organization: La Trobe University - Lincoln School of Health Sciences Lines: 25 In article <615@dbase.A-T.COM>, cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster) writes: > Best of luck to you. I was not successful, when in the same situation > (did a volume backup, not by file, right? Who would, when it takes > 5 times longer!). Apparently the drive you restore to must have > *exactly* the same number of formatted blocks as when you backed it > up (anyone with more precise info, please correct me). I tried to > restore to four or five machines here, and all of them had a slightly > different disk size, so it wouldn't copy. > > --Cy-- cy@dbase.a-t.com Did you try apple Tape Disk INIT? It allows you to mount volume backups with Apple's Tape Backup Drive as finder volumes... It's slow, but its mounted. It should be with the Tape Backup Software... You can also look for it on any 'excelent' cd :) Otherwise, email me, and I'll send you a copy. -- George Stamatopoulos #### ### La Trobe University - #### ### Lincoln School of Health Sciences #### ##### Computing Unit #### ##### incoln Melbourne #### Victoria ########## Australia ########## a Trobe