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From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Harddisk backup programs
Message-ID: <2322@tmiuv0.uucp>
Date: 31 Jan 91 11:34:10 GMT
References: <3875.9101271520@uk.ac.keele.seq1> <2246@tmiuv0.uucp> <18300@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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In article <18300@cbmvax.commodore.com>, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes:
> In article <2246@tmiuv0.uucp> rick@tmiuv0.uucp writes:
>>Golly, Mr. Wizard!  The 3000 comes with HDBackup.  It'll back up to floppy
>>or tape.  I've not used it yet, but there it is.  And it came with your
>>machine.
>>
>>Of course, if you have an _early_ 3000, there's a backup utility called
>>BRU, which is a port from a Unix backup program.  I've not used it yet,
>>either.
> 
> 	HDBackup is a front-end to BRU.  BRU was written by Fred Fish.

A-ha!  Just what I thought!  Now, Randell, could you answer a few questions for
me?  I got HDBackup in my 2.04 developer update.  I load it up on my 2500/30
and Voila!, the Devices menu shows tape: as a valid device.  Note that my
2500/30 has a HardFrame in it.  Now, I've not tried to use tape: before on
that system, so I don't know if it works at all.  I assume I'll have to edit
the BRUtab, since the HardFrame's device driver name is "HardFrame.device".

Now, I installed HDBackup on my 3000 (from the 2.04 disks).  When I bring it
up, "tape:" doesn't show up on the menu, although it's in the BRUtab.  I've
also done the "SETENV BRUTAB=sys:s/BRUtab" thingie.  I plug my Wangdat 5150S
into the SCSI port on the 3000's back panel and run HDToolBox.  The drive
shows up as SCSI device 4 (good, since that's what it's jumpered to be).
The BRUtab says that the tape should be device 4 on scsi.device.  HDBackup
still doesn't see it.  So, I tried to run BRU with a "-ftape:" option.  I get
a requestor to install tape: in any drive.

HELP!  How do I use this beast?  Do I have to mount tape:?  If so, how do
I format the tape?  What's the MountList entry supposed to look like?

I'm sinking fast, and since the hard disk I installed is a Conner CP3200
(200MB), I'd really like to use the tape drive to back up (I backed up to
floppy once when it wasn't full, but it took 75 disks! I have better things
to do than feed my Amoeba floppies all night).

BTW, the manual section on HDBackup and that on BRU are not much help in
this regard.
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|[- O] Rick Stevens                                                        |
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