NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/introduc/1171

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From: [e-mail] (Dan Charrois)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: HDBackup/BRU
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Date: 20 Aug 92 16:07:27 GMT
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I've recently purchased WB2.05 and would like to make a backup of my
HD.  But something seems a bit strange with HDBackup/BRU supplied with
WB2.05.  I can't remember the exact numbers, but if I want to back up
90 Megs or so of data, it will take approximately 120 Megs of storage
space on floppies.  Surely 30 Megs isn't used up in header
information!  I haven't done a backup yet, believing I am doing
something wrong somewhere.  If anyone has any advice on what I am
doing wrong, or (gasp) advice telling me that that is the way
HDBackup/BRU is supposed to work for any reason, I'd love to hear
about it.

BTW - I read in the 2.05 documentation that Quarterback died under
2.0... yet on starting it up, it didn't have any obvious problems.
Does anyone know exactly how Quarterback was broken?

Thanks a lot for any replies.  PLEASE reply to
[e-mail], as a simple reply to this message will
probably leave me unable to determine where the message came from.
Thanks.

Dan
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Dan Charrois - University of Alberta
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