Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.hardware:7059 comp.periphs.scsi:2089 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!fuug!news.funet.fi!polaris.utu.fi!jita From: jita@utu.fi (Marko Katajisto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: SCSI tape backup Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 15:58:58 GMT References: <7762@drutx.ATT.COM> <06501.AA06501@babylon.rmt.sub.org> Sender: jita@polaris.utu.fi (Marko Katajisto) Organization: University of Turku Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org's message of 9 Mar 91 22:46:18 GMT On 9 Mar 91 22:46:18 GMT, rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel) said: > As far as I remember, Quarterback requires a direct-access > device as its backup-medium, so a normal tape streamer can't > be used. I'd recommend something like "tar" in conjunction > with a TAPE: handler, HDBackup/BRU, or maybe TapeStore. All > of these should also work with the A3000's internal SCSI. Yes, current version of Quarterback does'n support tape streamers, I wonder if they are planning to do such upgrade, as an owner of a copy I hope so... Meanwhile I must get along with tape-handler and I'm very interested in getting the newest version of it since I've had some serious problems with it. Any ideas where I can ftp it or something, I've looked at ab20 and didn't find anything apropriate...? Did somebody mention here that one can get a copy of BRU by contacting Commodore or am I just dreaming? Does BRU work with various device drivers or just with those from C=...? I'd be happy of any help or info about tape drives, I've used tar and tape-handler and I get too many I/O-errors while trying to read/write tapes... ;( My current system is A2000/A2620 4MB and Microbotics HardFrame + Tandberg SCSI tape drive, which eats DC6150 and DC6250 cartridges... > Ralph -- Jita - Marko Katajisto University of Turku Department of Computer Science jita@utu.fi jita@nic.funet.fi jita@firien.bitnet Tel: +358 21 325910