[comp.protocols.appletalk] Macdump and System 7.0

inei@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Nick Nei) (06/11/91)

Earlier I reported that Dan Tappan's Macdump utility (which automatically
backs up Macintosh files to UNIX) did not work on a Macintosh IISI running
System 7.0.

Many thanks to Bill Benson (benson@lbl.gov), it now works.  I was using
an older version of dumper (v3.0beta) which caused macdump to quit with

oing full dump to inei-Macintosh HD.FULL
Dump device at 23/50:40
macdump: error on request to mac: 50733
macdump: Failed to dump Macintosh HD. Response:

However, the newer version of dumper (v3.2) does work with Macintosh IISI
running System 7.0 with virtual memory and 32-bit addressing enabled.
I dumped a 1.4 MB floppy and restored it succesfully with Restore
running on System 7.0 Macintosh IIcx.  It will complain about not bwing
able to create the DeskTop file, as usual.

I am rather dubious that it should work with 32-bit addressing.  Should
it?  Can anyone convince me that it should?  It seemed to restore
the files OK, but how do I know that *everything* is OK?

Mail:  Nick Nei, Computing Science Dept.,
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