Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!bmacintyre From: bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Backups for HD Message-ID: <22075@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 16 Mar 90 15:18:42 GMT References: <14020@snow-white.udel.EDU> Reply-To: bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 29 jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes: >Chris Brand writes: > >> The only one I know that does compression, MRBackup, uses the standard >> Amigados file format, so it's incredibly slow. > >I've used MRBACKUP ... > >I don't bother with compression, and kinda like the warm feeling in my >tummy, knowing that all my data is stored in nice standard AmigaDos >format that can be read on ANY system! I don't even need to fool with >MRBACKUP to restore... Hmmm ... I agree that it's nice knowing that your files are in AmigaDOS format, _but_ when you use compression, they are still in AmigaDOS format, each file being individually compressed. For a complete restore, the compression is a pain, but you doen't need MRBACKUP to restore them in any event. The "compress/decompress" program (the port of the Unix one) works fine (yes, the files are stored as .Z files). Just wanted to clarify that for people who aren't familiar with MRBACKUP. I feel that the combo or compression and standard AmigaDOS format makes this the most "robust" program. I don't feel safe having my backups in someones neato-keen-custom-format on floppy. -- -- Blair MacIntyre, Professional Leech on Society ( aka CS Graduate Student ) -- bmacintyre@{watcgl, watdragon, violet}.{waterloo.edu, UWaterloo.ca} -- Date, verb: prearranged socializing with intent.