allanmarshall Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Retrospect had been working just file. Then I got this error and could not get a backup happening The options shown don't get me where I want to go. I see removable disk backup This is a firewire disk, Maxtor 30000V, 80G that had been working ok previously. When I check device ststus it shows up as ATAPI-A:0:0, which looks like a DVD drive I have been able to create backup sets on the drive I have erased the drive via Retrospect - no benefit Reinstall 6.0 and upgrade to 6.1 - no benefit Log shows "execution stopped by operator" I have checked preferences - media handling - use hard drives as removable disks Retrospect 6.1.126 Hardware Overview: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,2 CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 1.6 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 1.25 GB Bus Speed: 800 MHz Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f2 firewire: FireWire Bus: Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec 3000DV v1.00.00: Manufacturer: Maxtor Model: 0x3020 GUID: 0x10B920003E06FC Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec Sub-units: 3000DV v1.00.00 Unit: Unit Software Version: 0x10483 Unit Spec ID: 0x609E Firmware Revision: 0x10000 Product Revision Level: 0100 Sub-units: 3000DV v1.00.00 SBP-LUN: Capacity: 76.33 GB Removable Media: Yes BSD Name: disk1 OS9 Drivers: No S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported Volumes: Backup: Capacity: 76.21 GB Writable: Yes File System: HFS+ BSD Name: disk1s3 Mount Point: ATA Bus: SONY DVD RW DW-U10A: Model: SONY DVD RW DW-U10A Revision: A43h Serial Number: EA3B0280 Detachable Drive: No Protocol: ATAPI Unit Number: 0 Socket Type: Internal Retrospect: Version: 6.1.126 Last Modified: 3/21/06 5:04 PM Kind: PowerPC Get Info String: 6.1.126, Copyright 1989-2005 EMC Corporation Location: /Applications/Retrospect 6.1/Retrospect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanmarshall Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Not sure what happened with my login here - my login name did not appear My Name is Allan Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanmarshall Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Turns out the backup was set to "removable disk" and should have been "file" I was concerned that there was no response here (wrong forum perhaps?), but I'm happy to have it fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwomack Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Allan, I'm so glad you sussed this out... been having the exact same problem backing up to a pair of external firewire drives. Just made up a couple of new backup sets (set 'save to file') and it's working now! Which makes me wonder if it isn't possible for Retrospect to include some pop-up clues about the different and opaque language used in the various dialog boxes. A little on-the-spot guidance would go a long way. Bill Womack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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