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to: JON FILINA
from: FRANCOIS-XAVIER LEROY
date: 1996-12-20 16:53:00
subject: Backup Software

 JF> Before coming up on Warp (version 3), I was using Central Point
 JF> Backup (DOS version 7.1) to backup my 850 meg drive to a SyQuest EZ135
 JF> (2 disks).
 JF> I now find out that OS/2 does not support removeable drives.  :-(
Search HPFSREM.ZIP (direct acces from my memory :-( )
 JF> I guess I should also ask about using the PCTools 7.1 defragger,
 JF> COMPRESS.  Is anyone using this from a DOS Dual Boot session?
Very bad idea indeed. Like the idea to back up any OS/2 partition
with a DOS program. OS/2 make heavy use of ea data. sf & consort,
extended attributes that aren't seen by DOS or DOS-based programs.
A good way to back up things is to use InfoZip in a OS/2 session
(use the 2 install disks of OS/2 or better, the 3 util floppies
made by OS/2) like this:
zip -r -5 -$ -S e:\backup\drive_d.zip d:\*
... Do not buy stuff you cannot afford, unless you really want to.
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