NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/os/os2/apps/8493

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From: [e-mail] (Michael D Kretzer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: Re: GTAK with CSD: Will it work?
Date: 20 Nov 1992 22:17:07 GMT
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From article <[e-mail]>, by [e-mail] (Axel Uhl):
> Sorry, I forgot to save the posts about this theme. Now I'm about to
> install the CSD and am not sure, if my GTAK 2.0 version will work with it.
> I remember there was said to be a bug with a system call appearing in
> connection with the CSD. Is a fix available or won't I be able to use
> GTAK for a while?

I've been using GTAK 2.0 with the CSD for a while now.  I posted a message
earlier saying that SCSITAPE.DMD caused a trap, but the solution was to
make sure that my Exabyte tape drive was powered up, with a tape inserted,
and ready before OS/2 loads SCSITAPE.DMD.  This seems to fix the problem
for me...I don't know wheter my tape drive is causing the problem (weird
return codes that SCSITAPE can't handle) or it's the driver...
Anyway, this is all I had to do...

By the way, WHY is GTAK 2.0 so much faster than GTAK 1.0?  On my Exabyte
tape drive, GTAK 1.0 takes several hours to back up about 300MB worth
of data.  GTAK 2.0 does it in about 20-30 minutes...  Is it because
the ASPI driver was not used in the later version?  Inquiring minds want
to know!