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- From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
- Subject: Re: Advice on partions for hard drive
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
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- References: <1992Jul19.160045.2091@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <paulk.0ucm@terapin.com> <mwm.19dh@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <mykes.09w7@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
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- Message-ID: <mwm.1add@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 00:56:25 PST
- Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica
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- In <mykes.09w7@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>, mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) wrote:
- > In article <mwm.19dh@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer) writes:
- > > Unless you sort the drawers at the root of your HD by how they should
- > > be backed up, this isn't true. Different backup programs may change
- > > the pain involved in ignoring that restriction, but I've as yet to see
- > > one that made it zero.
- > >
- >
- > tar -cvf tape: src:
- > tar -cvf tape: bin:
- >
- > Put it in your crontab - can't be any easier than that :) Makes ZERO
- > difference if src: and bin: are devices or assigns...
-
- I can think of one *serious* difference between src: and bin: being
- assigns vs. devices. If they are devices, then I've backed up all the
- of those two devices. If they are assigns, then I may have backed up
- one of the twice (if src: is bin:src), or left parts of the some
- device that I want backed up not backed up.
-
- Sorry, but I don't consider duplicating 80+ Meg of stuff on my tapes,
- or failing to backup a new tree (i.e.: dh0:CBM_DEVELOPER_GOODIES) as
- "zero difference". In fact, I think those are kinda important.
-
- <mike
-