Ben,
What is the status of the disk before you click Proceed? That is, does it
say Erased, Content Unrecognized, etc.? If the disk says "Content
Unrecognized," there is non-Retrospect data on the disk. Retrospect will not
erase the disk automatically in this case without your approval.
If you've erased the disk beforehand and it still says content unrecognized,
there are probably invisible files on the disk. This is unfortunately a fact
of life with removables. Try renaming the disk to exactly the name
Retrospect will give it before copying files (for example, "1-Marketing
Backup [008]" if it's a new media backup). That should do the trick, though
it could get tedious. That's the only workaround I can think of, though,
save clicking Proceed every morning...
Regards,
Matthew Tevenan
Dantz Technical Support
> From: "Ben Isenegger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Organization: Dingo Blue Pty Ltd
> Reply-To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:40:34 +1100
> To: retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Zip disk not being selected automatically
>
> Hello
>
> I remember reading something about this in the Support area of
> <www.dantz.com>, but can't seem to find it now...
>
> Config:
> Blue G3
> MacOS 9.0
> ASIP 6.3
> Retrospect 4.2
> Internal Zip drive
> Iomega Driver 6.0.4
>
> I have made a Retrospect script that autolaunches at 0400 everyday, does
> a New Media Backup to the Zip disk. Problem is that Retrospect sits
> there with a window with "Please choose a new disk..." and the Zip disk
> selected. I need to manually select Proceed for it to, well, proceed.
>
> This doesn't happen with our Mac's that have DAT units--they Do The
> Right Thing and go ahead and use the prepared DAT tape, unattended.
>
> I have tried formatting the Zip using both the Erase feature in the
> Finder, as well as Retrospect. No joy. I've tried changing the script to
> Normal, or Recyle. No joy.
>
> How can I get Retrospect to automatically use the Zip disk as the destination?
>
> Any ideas would be much appreciated, as I don't enjoy sitting at the Mac
> at 0400 every morning, clicking Proceed. ;-)
>
> Regards
>
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