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- From: krader@sequent.com (Kurtis D. Rader)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Fastback and OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.045124.6653@sequent.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 04:51:24 GMT
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- sillett@edc3jr.gsph.pitt.edu (Robert L. Sillett) writes:
-
- >I am trying to get Fastback (the latest version) to work under OS/2
- >2.0. While I can backup to a FAT, HPFS, or network drive, I cannot
- >back up to floppy. The OS/2 README file tells me that I might have
- >"problems" backing up to floppy (wow!).
- >Has anyone been able to backup to floppy?
-
- I spent roughly four hours trying to get FastBack to work without
- success. The symptoms lead me to believe that FastBack is attempting
- low level manipulation of the hardware which OS/2 won't allow a
- normal DOS application to perform. I called Fifth Generation Systems
- but they said they had no plans for an OS/2 version.
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