Subject: Re: A suitable backup device
To: Robert Todd <rtodd@argonet.co.uk>
From: S.J. Borrill <sjb42@cus.cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 11/07/1997 11:47:24
> Has anyone got suggestions of a suitable backup device to plug onto a RiscBSD
> server with an Acorn scsi card fitted? Its for a school running a NC pilot
> scheme for Xemplar. They suggested a syquest but school cannot get devices to
> talk. Anyone with a better idea?

You can't just plug in a syquest and go. You'll need to format it first.
Though you should be able to tar directly to /dev/rsd0a or something in
theory if you are not bothered about file structure. Is the Syquest
recognised by the kernel at bootup?

Stephen Borrill