[NTLK] Backing up to ATA CF

[Woody Smith]

> On Nov 5, 2014, at 8:14 AM, Stephen Hankins <ghankins at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Morgan, Woody, & Marisa!
> 
> 
> I have a 4MB card arriving today (along with an upgraded MP2000) that I hope will prove to be 5v and thus eMate write-compatible.

Even if it isn't, you can restore from it.  You can also leave items on it in the in/out box and install them.  Once you have two newts you can try these.

> 
> I also need to play with the ATA Support options to see if I can use one of the volumes I create with it to stash packages that I don't want active on the Newton


Install extras extras (or any of a number of other pkgs) and use the freeze utility to deactivate temporarily. This will free up system ram even if it doesn't free up storage

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> On Nov 5, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Morgan Aldridge <morgant at makkintosshu.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Woody Smith <woodysmith at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 4, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Stephen Hankins <ghankins at mac.com
>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have installed Paul Guyot's ATA Support and have successfully
>>> partitioned a 32MB Canon Compact Flash Card, using a Transcend CF Adaptor.
>>>> 
>>>> The CF card functions as a normal store (i.e., I can file things on it).
>>> But it does not trigger the usual message from the Newton OS asking if I
>>> want to back up onto it. Should I expect that? Or should I expect to have
>>> to use something like SBM utilities to create backups?
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> IIRC you need to use SBM utilities to backup to ATA card.
>>> Since the ATA drivers would be lost with a brain wipe you would lose your
>>> ability to read the card until the ATA package is reinstalled.
>>> If you have a second newton device you can beam the package if necessary.
>>> 
>> 
>> It's probably still in the ATA drivers README or something, but it used to
>> be noted in Paul Guyot's site that the ATA drivers don't support
>> backup/restore. He sort of left that as an exercise for whomever might pick
>> up the project after him, but nobody has.
>> 
>> I use SMB Utilities as part of my all-too-infrequent backup process, but
>> have never tried it with my CF card I use with the ATA drivers. That is the
>> most likely way to get it to work, but I'd suggest not having any important
>> data on your CF card before attempting it. If you do, let us know how it
>> goes. I'll have to give it a shot at some point as well.
>> 
>> 
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