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- From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Backing up Hard Disk to Floppy
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.122057.724@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 12:20:57 -0700
- References: <23JUL199208595623@xenon.arc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: BC Systems Corporation
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- In article <23JUL199208595623@xenon.arc.nasa.gov>, dueker@xenon.arc.nasa.gov (The Code Slinger) writes:
- > Doesn't anybody do this anymore? Maybe all you out there don't worry
- > about the problem I describe below?
-
- I sure do this. Can't afford a tape drive!
-
- > I have some largish files, some pictures, some data, and, when backed up,
- > would fit on a floppy by themselves. But the HD backup program I use (a
- > shareware program that has since gone commercial) can cause quite a lot of
- > wasted space on the floppies when the floppy is already partially used
- > with smaller backed up files. The large file is placed on the next floppy
- > making the remaining space of the backup-floppy wasted.
- >
- > What I'd really like is a backup program that would split that large file
- > so that very little (preferably none) of the floppy to be wasted.
- >
- > Are there any HD backup programs out there that can do this? Now, before
- > you respond, please note that I have a 1000 running 1.3, and, therefore,
- > cannot run a backup program such as AmiBack, which will run only on 2.0.
-
- AmiBack runs both under 1.3 and 2.0. There have been specific demo versions
- released that run only under 2.0 but the commercial version definitely runs
- under both. What I found interesting was an asl13.library on the distributino
- disk. Perhaps this emulates asl under 1.3? I've only run it under 2.0 - the
- documentation refers to 1.3 though...
-
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