Re: More RamFAST (this time re tapes)

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Bill Harris writes ...
> 
> I've got a RamFAST Rev. D, and I'm trying to back up my 120MB drive to a
> DAT drive, but I can't figure out how to specify what the destination of
> the backup will be (the tape, in this case).  The disk is at SCSI address
> 4, and the DAT drive is at address 3.  I (nervously) write-protected all
> the partitions on the drive (a TMS Shadow) and then selected backup in the
> RamFAST system.  I selected all the partitions on the disk and then hit
> backup again.  The disk red light turned on, the RamFAST system reported
> (eventually) all blocks backed up (with a few thousand errors), but the
> tape didn't budge.
> 
> The RamFAST does recognize the tape unit at address 3.  I didn't know if
> you needed to format the tape, but it wouldn't let me anyway.
>

     RamFAST has a Backup function you can get to via Ramfast.system.

     You need to have the "HD Backup" option under the [O]ptions menu
set to "No" in order to use tape (instead of something like a Zip Drive)
for backup. Then, you can select [B]ackup from the main menu bar.

     Regarding the SCSI device number setting, 3 may be fine on a
RamFAST. A couple years ago, Phil Abel responded to a similar question
and said that, for his particular interface and drive, setting the tape
at SCSI device 0 seemed to work best.

     Probably, you would want to remove any Apple drivers named "SCSI
..." from the DRIVERS/ folder to eliminate possible conflicts with the
Ramfast driver.  

     Since you are just dumping a volume to tape, there is no obvious
need for pre-formatting; but, I do not know whether or not such a tape
needs to be pre-formatted or whether this may depend upon a particular
SCSCI tape drive.
 

Rubywand