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From: nraoaoc@nmt.edu (NRAO Array Operations Center)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Re: Hard Drive backup programs
Summary: MRBackup: Compression is an option
Keywords: harddrive, backup, MRbackup
Message-ID: <1990Jul12.044253.23047@nmt.edu>
Date: 12 Jul 90 04:42:53 GMT
References: <3240.AA3240@sosaria> <3497@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM>
Sender: ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago.edu <Pat Palmer>
Distribution: comp
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
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In article <3497@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM> dales@teksce.SCE.TEK.COM (Dale Snell) writes:
>[woof!]
>
>In article <3240.AA3240@sosaria> wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) writes:
>[[ RE: MRBackup ]]
>|
>|Yes, but does it still use the normal Amiga file system? I just don't want
>|to wait 10 minutes for one disk being filled!
>
>     Yes, it does use the standard file system.  However, it still takes
>a while to fill a floppy; due to the compression, I think.  The

Actually compression is an option in MRBackup.  Choose the number of bits
(amount of computing) or none.  After one long night backing up a 20meg
partition with compression on, I decided I agree with a recent writer here -
I would rather use a few more floppies and do no compression.

Pat Palmer