Tahoe wrote:
Problem is; I need a running install of Amix to create the install tapes; which I don't have.
If I want to do an install by the book I need to install the HD hack version; create my tape(s) and format/reinstall using the tape 
Would much prefer doing the tape thing straight away, apart from having a nice ringbound manual to complement such nice hardware
Hi, I have an A3000UX too, running Amix. I also used the A3070. I downloaded the Amix 2.01 and later the 2.10 tape files from failsure.net (or TOSEC dont know exact). Then I copied the files via BTNTape 3.0 to the tape under Amiga OS 3.1 / 3.9 (BTNTape means "Better than nothing" Amiga DOS SCSI tape handler, Aminet:disk/bakup/BTNtape30.lha).
It is important to write the files in right order and with the right names. My script looks so:
echo "mounting tape .."
mount TAPE:
echo "copy amixlist .."
copy amixlist TAPE:
echo "copy unixcont .."
copy unixcont TAPE:END
echo "copy core .."
copy core TAPE:END
echo "copy bsd .."
copy bsd TAPE:END
echo "copy Cdev .."
copy Cdev TAPE:END
echo "copy lp .."
copy lp TAPE:END
echo "copy man .."
copy man TAPE:END
echo "copy net .."
copy net TAPE:END
echo "copy public .."
copy public TAPE:END
echo "copy sysadm .."
copy sysadm TAPE:END
echo "copy terminfo .."
copy terminfo TAPE:END
echo "copy text .."
copy text TAPE:END
echo "copy uucp .."
copy uucp TAPE:END
echo "copy Xcore .."
copy Xcore TAPE:END
echo "copy Xbasic .."
copy Xbasic TAPE:END
echo "copy olcore .."
copy olcore TAPE:END
echo "copy Xtras .."
copy Xtras TAPE:END
echo "copy Xdev .."
copy Xdev TAPE:END
echo "copy oldev .."
copy oldev TAPE:END
echo "copy conf .."
copy conf TAPE:END
echo "copy emacs .."
copy emacs TAPE:END
echo "copy games .."
copy games TAPE:END
echo "copy amigasrc .."
copy amigasrc TAPE:END
echo "copy emacsrc .."
copy emacsrc TAPE:END
echo "copy gnusrc .."
copy gnusrc TAPE:END
echo "copy gnusrc2 .."
copy gnusrc2 TAPE:END
echo "copy pubsrc .."
copy pubsrc TAPE:END
echo "copy Xsource .."
copy Xsource TAPE:END
echo "copy X11r5src .."
copy X11r5src TAPE:END
Before running the script you have to start BTNtape (see manual how to do this). Another way to create the tape is BRU (BackupRestoreUtility). It's only running under OS 3.1 and the GUI is named HDBackup I think. I have done this and it worked but dont remember the details. The problem was that you can't tell BRU (HDBackup) the order of the files to write to the tape. So I started HDBackup again and again and only wrote ONE file to the tape. The other method is more flexible.
Oh, I forgot. Sometimes the BTNtape method was REALLY slow. I think it depends on tape write buffer settings. You can change these settings via BTNTape, but it is hard to understand (I didn't :-?). My "solution" was to start first diavolo backup and initialize the tape. Then closed it and started BTNtape and then the script and the tranfer rate was much better.
Good luck, ReX :-)
