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From: sylvia@chopin.udel.edu (Sylvia M Berta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Novell Upgrade from 286 to 386
Message-ID: <16388@chopin.udel.edu>
Date: 8 Feb 91 20:05:00 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware
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Hi  ...  Just getting ready to do our first upgrade (we already have
a site with 386 installed, but we started with it...didn't upgrade).
We have a question regarding the UPGRADE "backup" procedure...or maybe
several questions.  The scenario is this:

The server has a 310Mb hard drive of which about 140Mb is being used.
We do our regular backups on an Emerald 60-13000 device (60 Mb tapes).
But there is no device driver for this backup system, so it can't be
used to make the Novell UPGRADE backup (or "transfer").  But I don't
have another hard drive that's large enough to take the 140Mb that we
have on the server.  I know that there are options to do the backup
piecemeal (bindery, and then by directories), but that still doesn't
relieve the problem as to where I put the pieces 8-(.  

SO...I have 2 questions, I guess.  1)  Why is the Novell backup 
important for "regular" files (I know about binderys, etc.). ... and
2) does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do if I NEED to
do the Novell backup for all the files.  And I just thought of a
third question...I think that I saw some option where you could crunch
the files.  Is that the case, and if so, how much does it crunch them?

Thanks in advance  ...  Syl