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From: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: GVP Tape Backup Unit
Message-ID: <05987.AA05987@babylon.rmt.sub.org>
Date: 11 Feb 91 04:46:16 GMT
References: <1484@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com>
Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel)
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In article <1484@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com>
boi@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Ken Boi) writes:

> Unfortunately, the GVP backup software does not recognize
> the tape units existence.

Did you change the device driver name defined in TapeStore's
TOOLTYPE array?

> Aren't there some SCSI standards which all controllers and
> attached devices should adhere to, thereby allowing this
> unit to work with my current controller setup?

This standard is called HD_SCSICMD.

> One other question, if I do need to replace the
> controller, will I need to reformat my entire harddrive?

If Xetec adheres to the RDB standard: probably no.