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Article #848Re: 250/400 MB internal tape drv w/OS/2 HW & SW Questions
From: cameron=sanders%ts=syscall%cs=ho...
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 16:10
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 16:10
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In <3foe5o$835@cpcug.org>, kbennett@cpcug.org (Keith Bennett) writes: >A client is considering including internal tape drives in new systems >purchased from Dell Computer that will run OS/2. Dell says that the >units are manufactured by Conner. They come in 250 MB and 400 MB >capacities (priced $179 and $199). (Both capacity figures are >optimistic compression estimates.) Both use the same DC 2120 tape >cartridge and connect to the IDE controller. Some questions: > >1) This is the first I've heard of squeezing more onto the DC 2120 >cartridge than the usual 250. Is this common, and is it reliable? > >2) Is there OS/2 software available that would allow us to install >the entire hard drive contents (including the operating system) from >a floppy boot? > >Thanks for any help. >- Keith > >-- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Keith Bennett Bennett Business Solutions, Inc. >C++/C Software Development 1852 Middlebridge Drive >kbennett@cpcug.org Silver Spring, MD USA 20906 Zdravstvyetya, Can't answer #1 and #2 depends... If you mean that you are looking for tape backup oftware that will restore os2 and all of the data without having to reinstall os2 first, you may want to look at sytos premium 2.0 for os2. their disaster recovery software does just this. Call them for more details. Hope this helps.
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