Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!uokmax!d.cs.okstate.edu!cummins From: cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Tape Mechanism Message-ID: <1991Jan23.141953.16793@d.cs.okstate.edu> Date: 23 Jan 91 14:19:53 GMT References: <1991Jan19.021429.2157@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <1991Jan22.160946.16793@cbnewsl.att.com> Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Lines: 39 In article <1991Jan22.160946.16793@cbnewsl.att.com> hojo@cbnewsl.att.com (HC Johnson) writes: >In article <1991Jan19.021429.2157@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>, boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: >> In article <1991Jan16.184447.14109@d.cs.okstate.edu>, cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins) writes: >> >I'm wanting to add a tape backup system to my ICD Host Adapter based >> >SCSI hard disk system. >> < mention of worries about software availability to drive tape system > >There are other sources. >1. Berkely Micro Systems sells CT backup and software. >2. My own BACKUP program works well for me on the Adaptec 3530 SCSI controller. >3. Theres another fellow posting recently on his own driver. > >So go ahead, put a system together. The mechanics of driving a CT is not >all that difficult. And there is software. > >Howard Johnson Okay... som more questions... I need software that will backup 1) Specific file extensions from a list of partitions (say all *.arc and *.lzh filed from drive d: and e:) 2) Backup only specific subdirectories... (the BBS subdirectories on drives g: and h:) 3) handle incremental backups, appending them to the tape backup the incremental is incremental to... (I guess appending to the tape in the drive is what i really mean...) 4) I really would like to do IMAGE backups as the restore of a partition should be swift that way... but file backups as above are nice... 5) Can I still backup my Spectre partition w/o ICDs software???? thanks jc cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu