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From: peter@hari.VIEWlogic.com (Peter Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Wanted: recommendations on HD partitioning software
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Date: 11 Sep 90 21:46:29 GMT
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In article <2294@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>, jlhaferman@l_eld09.icaen.uiowa.edu
(Jeffrey Lawrence Haferman) writes:
|> 
|> I guess I really want the partitioning software for doing backups.
|> I only want to frequently backup documents that I work on often.
|> I can get by backing up other software less frequently.  
|> 
|> Jeff Haferman

        There are many good reasons for partitioning your harddisk but ease
of backups isn't one of them.

        I would recommend using a configurable backup program like
Restrospective by Dantz that lets you build scripts and identify specific
files for backup as well as having such things like time/date and filetype
filters! (I don't own a backup program and I'm sure there are many other
fine examples, I just can't remember their names.)

        On the subject of partitions, I would recommend only using a "hard"
(ie: driver supported) partitioning scheme. The drivers for many commercial
HDs support hard partitions, and several "third party" drivers do as well.
I personally use SilverLining by LaCie for my homebrew SCSI disks and I've
been more than happy. SilverLining supports many different partitioning
schemes (including AUX partitions as far as I can tell). It allows you
to resize an existing partition (if it was set up properly), add partitions
to a functioning disk, password protect partitions, automount (at bootup)
specific partitions or mount explicitly via a DA, and mount initially
unmountable partitions such as on a removable drive. It will handle almost
any disk you can throw at it. It is available from most mail-order houses
and I've also seen it in retail computer stores.

DISCLAIMER: Not only have I never worked for LaCie, I have no intention of
doing so in the future (of course, they COULD make me an offer I couldn't
refuse..... but they haven't yet).

        Peter Colby

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