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to: DAVID NOON
from: JON FILINA
date: 1996-12-23 13:53:00
subject: Backup Software

David Noon was responding to Jon Filina:
DN> On Monday, 96/12/16, Jon Filina wrote to All about "Backup Software"
DN> as follows:
JF> I now find out that OS/2 does not support removeable drives.
DN> OS/2 does support removable drives.
I failed to mention that mine is an internal IDE.  Support for this type of 
removeable drive is lacking in Warp 3.0.  The system recognises the drive, 
but goes blind when I swap a cartridge.  The parallel version of this drive, 
and others like it, do not appear to have the same problem.
DN> Check out products like Back Again/2, Personally Safe 'N' Sound. 
I've heard of the 1st one, but not the second.  Is it shareware?
DN> You will need to install some OS/2 drivers for the Syquest drive,
DN> but these are readily available.
William Geiger pointed me in the direction of some updated
drivers and I am now able to swap the carts on the EZ135.  Within a DOS 
session, I have to reset it (^C) and all is fine.  At an OS/2 command prompt, 
I run EJECT.EXE and, even though I get an error saying the eject failed, the 
drive is reset and I can read the cartridge I just swapped.
This driver is a beta, according to the readme file.  The system is supposed 
to assign a drive letter to the removeable drive at boot time even if no 
cartridge is inserted.  It doesn't...  This may be a bug in the beta, or a 
command line switch that they don't mention.  Other than that, the drivers 
are ok.
Thanks for the reply, I'll look for the software you mentioned.
DN>  ...I'll never forget the first time I ran Windows, but I'm trying!
I snagged that tagline!  Version 1.x was less than thrilling....
Jon
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