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- From: jlloyd@adapcal.UUCP (John Lloyd)
- Subject: Re: [SCSI Tape Backup???]
- Organization: Adaptec Inc., California
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:12:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.161246.6401@adapcal.UUCP>
- References: <1993Jan8.171718.1392@netcom.com> <C0M4Kn.ACI@NeoSoft.com> <1993Jan10.224530.13072@netcom.com>
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- >The only tape software I have tried under os/2 2.0 is GNU TAR, and it is well
- >documented in the GTAK package on hobbes. It also says that an ADAPTEC 1540
- >is all that has been tested using the drivers :(, but I beleive that any
- >controller able to run an ASPI mode interface should work.
- >
- >Here are the relivant sections of CONFIG.SYS:
- >
- > basedev=aha154x.add --> obtained from ADAPTEC, the ASPI for os/2 driver.
- > basedve=scsitape.dmd tape$0 0 s2 --> comes with GTAR
- > set tape=+++tape$0
- > set tapemode=2 --> sets scsi interface to SCSI-II
- >
- >I beleive that scsitape.dmd will operate atop any aspi driver, but I'm not
- >going to bet the farm on it. Since the full source of GTAR is avalible, it
- >should not be too hard to figgure out. Good luck !
-
- Just a minor correction : AHA154X.ADD is NOT an ASPI driver for OS/2
- 2.0. The ADD driver follows IBM specification for adapter device
- drivers. If you want ASPI support you need to use OS2ASPI.DMD, which
- currently supports OS/2 applications only.
-
- jlloyd@adapcal.com
-