#Backup strategy redux
6 messages in this thread
On Aug. 31 I moved, so I've been offline for 2 weeks or so. As it turns out,
I'd left a message asking for advice regarding backup programs; my message, and
any replies, have long since scrolled off the edge of the Earth.
Well, the ol' Amy is plugged in again, and I sheepishly ask the same questions
again:
I would like to back up all 4 partitions of my main hard disk onto a Bernoulli
cartridge. I currently have Quarterback 4.1, which uses its own format to back
up to floppies. Since I want all 4 backups (and presumably, sets of incremental
backups) to coexist peacefully onto a single Bernoulli cartridge, I need a
program which can store backups as one large AmigaDOS file. Given that Central
Coast Software is no longer on Amigavend, what should I do? Upgrade my
Quarterback, or go with another program (which one?) Thanks for setting me
straight, yet again.
Blaq!
Charles,
You could use one of the PD archivers like GNUTar to create a single
file, but if the backup of all 4 partitions will fit on a single Bernoulli, why
not do a simple COPY command onto 4 directories on the Bernoulli?
For example, let's say you had partitions called Work: NoWork: Fun: and
Boot:
Let's call the Bernoulli Bert:
I'd do the following:
mkdir bert:Work
mkdir bert:nowork
mkdir bert:fun
mkdir bert:boot
assign b1: bert:work
assign b2: bert:nowork
assign b3: bert:fun
assign b4: bert:boot
copy work: b1: all
copy nowork: b2: all
copy fun: b3: all
copy boot: b4: all
Either that…or I misunderstand what it is you wanted.
Don
Don,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I could perform a simple backup using AmigaDOS
commands; however, there's the matter of setting the archive bit on all files,
and the trickier problem of incremental backups: how do I perform the _next_
backup, a week later, on those files which have changed or been created that
week? This is where a backup program is most useful.
Blaq!
Blaq,
It wouldn't take care of the archive bit…you'd just make a new full
backup..use different cartridges and "rotate" them.
Don
I just got a Syquest and Amiback 2.0h works great! Much better than the
stacks of floppies I still have sitting here.
Robb
If your backups don't go over 1 cartridge, Amiback would handle the job
well… (In fact, this is what I do, only I transfer that file serially
to the PC and back up to tape from there.)
Bob Comer
Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A.