Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!usc!wuarchive!decwrl!world!jeffb From: jeffb@world.std.com (Jeffrey T Berntsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: problem backing up SCSI hd on IIe Message-ID: <1991Jan9.193813.20819@world.std.com> Date: 9 Jan 91 19:38:13 GMT References: <9101081948.AA02865@apple.com> Distribution: na Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die Lines: 22 rcb@binstock.osf.org (R.C. Binstock) writes: >Steve Nelson suggested that my problems with BackupII have to do with >the UDC. That may well be, but I'm pretty sure it's not from a bad >block, but rather from BackupII not stopping before the disk is full. >When I check the disks afterwards they never have bad blocks. Also, >I've experimented by removing the file that was transferring when the >write error occured, and the error then occurs on the next file, every >time. In other words, BackupII always transfer the same amount of >data -- 1600 blocks -- then fails. What version of Backup II do you have? I seem to recall someone from Apple on CI$ or GEnie saying that the oldest versions of Backup II have that problem and newer ones don't. I don't know exactly which versions do or don't have the problem but I think it would be safe to assume that version 1.0 does and whatever version comes with the DMA SCSI card might not. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey T. Berntsen | Looking for a good .sig jeffb@world.std.com | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------