SAS102@psuvm.psu.edu (Steven A. Schrader) (06/29/90)
Hi, I have a slight problem, and let me see if anyone can help me.
Seems that I backed up my Mac II's 40 MB HD with Apple Tape BackupSC. Now when
I go to restore the backup it tells me that the image on the tape is not the sa
me as the one I am trying to restore. Does anyone know a way around this?
I originally had 1 partition--Apple, I formatted the drive and partitioned it w
/ silverlining, realizing that this would not work I reformatted it with 1
apple partition. There aer some bad sectors on the disk, at times Apple's
format will not hold. Is there ayway I can retrieve the data off of the tape?
Steven A. Schrader (SAS102 @ Psuvm.Bitnet)
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\=============================================================================/cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster) (07/03/90)
Best of luck to you. I was not successful, when in the same situation (did a volume backup, not by file, right? Who would, when it takes 5 times longer!). Apparently the drive you restore to must have *exactly* the same number of formatted blocks as when you backed it up (anyone with more precise info, please correct me). I tried to restore to four or five machines here, and all of them had a slightly different disk size, so it wouldn't copy. Mac DTS told me the problem had been fixed with Apple Tape Backup 2.01, but gave me no way to get at my backup created with the prior version. Since we got our 45 Meg removables, I haven't used that @*#&$ boat anchor drive. --Cy-- cy@dbase.a-t.com
vturner@nmsu.EDU (Vaughan Turner) (07/04/90)
I had the same problem with a CMS drive. I figured it might work with the new version (then 2.01), but I had no way of getting it at the time. Apple tech support had no help for me (through a local dealer; they wouldn't talk to me :( ), but when I finally got the new version, it worked fine. It will read older formats, and should be able to put the data onto any drive where the data will fit. If I understand your problem, this should fix it. Hope this helps, Vaughan -- Vaughan Turner BITNET: mcswvt@nmsuvm1.bitnet Box 3AT Computer Center preferred--> INTERNET: vturner@nmsu.edu Las Cruces, NM 88001
LGEORGE@insted.unimelb.edu.au (Lord Vader) (07/04/90)
In article <615@dbase.A-T.COM>, cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster) writes: > Best of luck to you. I was not successful, when in the same situation > (did a volume backup, not by file, right? Who would, when it takes > 5 times longer!). Apparently the drive you restore to must have > *exactly* the same number of formatted blocks as when you backed it > up (anyone with more precise info, please correct me). I tried to > restore to four or five machines here, and all of them had a slightly > different disk size, so it wouldn't copy. > > --Cy-- cy@dbase.a-t.com Did you try apple Tape Disk INIT? It allows you to mount volume backups with Apple's Tape Backup Drive as finder volumes... It's slow, but its mounted. It should be with the Tape Backup Software... You can also look for it on any 'excelent' cd :) Otherwise, email me, and I'll send you a copy. -- George Stamatopoulos #### ### La Trobe University - #### ### Lincoln School of Health Sciences #### ##### Computing Unit #### ##### incoln Melbourne #### Victoria ########## Australia ########## a Trobe
SAS102@psuvm.psu.edu (Steven A. Schrader) (07/05/90)
In article <4308@insted.unimelb.edu.au>, LGEORGE@insted.unimelb.edu.au (Lord Vader) says: > >In article <615@dbase.A-T.COM>, cy@dbase.A-T.COM (Cy Shuster) writes: >> Best of luck to you. I was not successful, when in the same situation >> (did a volume backup, not by file, right? Who would, when it takes >> 5 times longer!). Apparently the drive you restore to must have >> *exactly* the same number of formatted blocks as when you backed it >> up (anyone with more precise info, please correct me). I tried to >> restore to four or five machines here, and all of them had a slightly >> different disk size, so it wouldn't copy. >> >> --Cy-- cy@dbase.a-t.com > >Did you try apple Tape Disk INIT? >It allows you to mount volume backups with Apple's Tape Backup Drive as finder >volumes... It's slow, but its mounted. >It should be with the Tape Backup Software... >You can also look for it on any 'excelent' cd :) >Otherwise, email me, and I'll send you a copy. >-- >George Stamatopoulos #### ### >La Trobe University - #### ### > Lincoln School of Health Sciences #### ##### >Computing Unit #### ##### incoln >Melbourne #### >Victoria ########## >Australia ########## a Trobe Actually that is what I used to get it back. It was slow, but Hey I'll take it when the opposite ersult is either paying bucks to get it retreived via a comp any, or losing the data. It worked very well, and in fact I like backing up that way ... Steven A. Schrader (SAS102 @ Psuvm.Bitnet) /=============================================================================\ | "This is stupid, you answer my questions with more questions, you teach | | nothing!" | | "We are taught in order with one's capacity to learn." | | -- David Carradine in Iron Cricle | \=============================================================================/