malpass@VLSI.LL.MIT.EDU (Don Malpass) (06/27/89)
Did the person who requested info on same in late May receive any replies? And if a hardware system is NOT available, is there some faster and more robust backup-to-floppy system software than the H/Z BACKUP program? I keep hoping zoo will be provided with the ability to deal with multiple disks. don
usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (06/27/89)
In article <8906261808.AA06098@ll-vlsi.arpa> malpass@VLSI.LL.MIT.EDU (Don Malpass) writes: >Did the person who requested info on same in late May receive any >replies? And if a hardware system is NOT available, is there some >faster and more robust backup-to-floppy system software than the >H/Z BACKUP program? I keep hoping zoo will be provided with the >ability to deal with multiple disks. > don That was me and no, I did not receive any replies. I am currently using FASTBACK PLUS (tm), under ZPC, as described by Pat Swayne in an article in REMark a few months ago. It requires that you preformat the disks and configure FASTBACK to backup to a drive/path, instead of using DMA as it does on a "real" clone. It works fine, faster than DOS backup, more robust, and you can select to backup as fast as possible to save time, or to compress files, to save disks. I have moved files between the z-100 and a z-159, which uses fastback in DMA mode, this way with no problems. I tried the Colorado Memory Systems JUMBO tape backup, which connects to a floppy controller in place of a disk drive. The hardware seemed to respond (heads moved, lights came on) but the software just laughed in my face. The folks at CMS were polite, but not much help. I'd settle for a tape drive that I could address as a floppy and use FASTBACK to/from it, just to save the lousy disk swapping. Any one have any suggestions?????? Thanks, Mark Mark Urban-Lurain urban@cpswh.cps.msu.edu Computer Science Dept. urbanluraimg@clvax1.cl.msu.edu Michigan State University A-714 Wells Hall (517) 353-0682 office East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-5210 department