aftyde Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Hi All, I am using DM2K to back up my hard disk to HDX1. However, I often run into problems with it with very large transfers. Wondering if there is another option? (needs to support something more than disk numbers only) Cheers, Arthur... Edited July 18, 2017 by aftyde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Hi All, I am using DM2K to back up my hard disk to HDX1. However, I often run into problems with it with very large transfers. Wondering if there is another option? (needs to support something more than disk numbers only) Cheers, Arthur... WHT SCSI ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 WHT SCSI ? Yes - paired to a SQ200 200MB cart hard disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 The WHT SCSI DSR has a bug that locks up the system whem several directories are being copied. Does the TI freeze up with the scuzzy LED lit ? I believe the magic number is 16 but I cannot remember. The work around was to copy as many directories as the machine could do then reset the TI. There was talk about investigation of the issue but it never came to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 The WHT SCSI DSR has a bug that locks up the system whem several directories are being copied. Does the TI freeze up with the scuzzy LED lit ? I believe the magic number is 16 but I cannot remember. The work around was to copy as many directories as the machine could do then reset the TI. There was talk about investigation of the issue but it never came to be. Nope, actually it's the HDX server that craps out. Apparently, there is some condition that causes some files to not be closed after copy. HDX reaches 6 open files and stops working. So I have to do it piece by piece with DM2K - which is tiresome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc.hull Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Nope, actually it's the HDX server that craps out. Apparently, there is some condition that causes some files to not be closed after copy. HDX reaches 6 open files and stops working. So I have to do it piece by piece with DM2K - which is tiresome. Tiresome indeed. Can hook the hard drive up to a PC? If so then perhaps TIDIR can make a back up image. Works for my SCSI CF card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Fred is here on the forums. PRobably should also enquire with him, being the author of the HDX software and mod... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftyde Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 For the short term, I'll try a HDX backup and study the results. I don't want to go to Fred without a well defined problem. However, yes - that might well be the best long term solution. Fred is here on the forums. PRobably should also enquire with him, being the author of the HDX software and mod... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 For the short term, I'll try a HDX backup and study the results. I don't want to go to Fred without a well defined problem. However, yes - that might well be the best long term solution. yes good tell fred I think I tried this in the past as well with my hfdc geneve.. i need to revisit that myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 The WHT SCSI DSR has a bug that locks up the system whem several directories are being copied. Does the TI freeze up with the scuzzy LED lit ? I believe the magic number is 16 but I cannot remember. The work around was to copy as many directories as the machine could do then reset the TI. There was talk about investigation of the issue but it never came to be. This would explain why even my Sector copy of one SCSI drive to another crashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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