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From: time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Can't copy between cartriges on removable HD???
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Date: 16 Jan 91 20:04:45 GMT
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In article <147@kalahari.cs.utexas.edu>, benkei@cs.utexas.edu (William Kent Richards) writes:
> I was told by a salesman at MacProducts in Austin that you can't
> copy/backup from one cartridge to another on a Magic/Syquest 45M
> removable HD.  From the conversations that have been going on
> here about these drives, I am led to believe that it can be done
> and has been done by many people.  What is the truth?
> 
This depends entirely upon the driver software for the drive.
If the driver software installs a VCB task to look for the insertion
of a cartridge, then you will be able to, otherwise you will not.
The VCB task is required since the driver will not get background
time while the "Please insert disk..." message is displayed. Thus,
the VCB task is required to generate the "insert" event required to
get rid of the dialog asking for the disk.

tim.

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