SCOUG-HELP Mailing List Archives

<< Previous Message << >> Next Message >>

Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2002 04:34:05 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Drive Image Backups

Content Type: text/plain

=====================================================
If you are responding to someone asking for help who
may not be a member of this list, be sure to use the
REPLY TO ALL feature of your email program.
=====================================================

Actually, Peter my OS/2 system (the entire C:\ usage) is about 1.8GB in
size. Therefore, I do not have a 2.1GB issue, even if I didn't use BA
2000 compression (I do use it). I simply save the next backup to another
file.

If your system is > 2.1GB, what you have to do is as follows:

1. Break the backup into 2 or more smaller ones
2. Save each full backup to new backup files (use each *.DAT container
for one backup, only)

If I were you and I had to break up the backup into 2 or more smaller
ones, I would place the essentially OS/2 system files and setup all on
one backup *.DAT file. Non essential stuff, like data files, non system
related applications can go on the other *.DAT file(s). That way, I
could restore my system (crash recovery) using the one *.DAT with the
system stuff on it.

HCM

_____________________________________________________________________________

Peter Skye wrote:
>
> =====================================================
> If you are responding to someone asking for help who
> may not be a member of this list, be sure to use the
> REPLY TO ALL feature of your email program.
> =====================================================
>
> Harry Chris Motin wrote:
> >
> >
> > I do not have to worry about the 2.1GB limit, because of
> > the way I backup my files (see my previous response).
>
> You apparently make several small backups into different files, yes?
>
> > I am considering going to LVM and JFS.
> > Do you have any experience with these?
>
> No. I didn't switch to LVM because I add drives haphazardly -- they
> have different speeds and LVM doesn't have a nice simple way to
> allocate, say, only "fast" drive space to a partition letter. You have
> to keep track of it manually. It's a very minor point but I didn't feel
> like adding one more sticky note to the side of my monitor. :)))
>
> As for JFS, the early version had a few kinks which have probably been
> worked out by now.
>
> I haven't seen much complaining; probably you just make the switch and
> you're happy.
>
> - Peter
>
> =====================================================
>
> To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message
> to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message,
> put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help".
>
> For problems, contact the list owner at
> "rollin@scoug.com".
>
> =====================================================

=====================================================

To unsubscribe from this list, send an email message
to "steward@scoug.com". In the body of the message,
put the command "unsubscribe scoug-help".

For problems, contact the list owner at
"rollin@scoug.com".

=====================================================

Return to [ 01 | August | 2002 ]

SCOUG, Warp Expo West, and Warpfest are trademarks of the Southern California OS/2 User Group. OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.