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- From: rwifall@nmsu.edu (Richard J Wifall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Ramfast and Tape Backup units..
- Message-ID: <RWIFALL.92Aug26175840@dante.nmsu.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 00:58:40 GMT
- References: <RWIFALL.92Aug24165136@dante.nmsu.edu> <1992Aug25.081136.11854@cco.caltech.edu>
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- In-Reply-To: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu's message of 26 Aug 92 04:08:41 GMT
-
- >Yep. Call CVT and bitch. Given their current driver scheme, all
- volumes show
- >up as block devices, and real backup programs aren't expecting that.
- Most of
- >them probably expect a SCSITAPE driver like Apple's. Hopefully they
- can deal
- >with something more generic like a character device, and CVT can make
- a tape
- >driver for GS/OS that supports it. There is not a simple solution to
- your
- >problem, and it is up to either Apple (hah) or CVT to do something
- about it...
-
- I don't care about any of that.. I don't care what programs do and
- do not backup to block devices... What I do care about, and want to
- know is HOW to make my tape drive come up as un-write protected under
- GS/OS.. (ie Finder, GNO, or any other program that uses GS/OS) I can
- handle the backing up myself.. I could write a program to do it if I
- had too... I just want to know how to make the tape drive not come up
- as write protected.. That's it..
- Richard
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