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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:08:00 -0800, Mark Abramowitz wrote:
>Well, I thought that the WPS was slow, but it seems like I just had a lot of copying to do.
4OS2 was still churning away almost 48 hours later on my 2.8 gHz machine! Of course,
this was with the /h/s/v argument, which verifies each one.
>
>Inexplicably, after copying 99% of the files and directories, 4OS2 just closed its
command window, leaving many files and several directories uncopied..
Mark,
I'm curious as to why you are using something like 4OS2, or even XCOPY, to do this
type of work. It sounds like your real objective is "making a backup" of that partition.
Right? Wrong?
If right, why don't you use software dedicated to that task, such as BackAgain (BA)?
Perhaps you can buy a copy of BA for OS/2 on EBay. I use that software and the only
problem I've had is backing up a partition > 2GB in size. BA is real fast. If it encounters a
problem, it tells you where it is. Using that information you can selectively exclude
certain files, or file types, from the backup. That is, you can make a backup that goes
past selected problem files, if any.
Now, I've only used BA for JFS and HPFS partitions, not FAT. So, perhaps BA will be a
little slower on FAT, maybe?? However, a 48 hour backup is horrendous!! And that is
especially true, when it goes to 99% complete and then bombs.
Worst case scenario, you could even get and use True Image (TI) from Acronis, Inc.
Because you are using ECS-OS/2, you would have to insert the TI installation CD and
use it to boot to the TI "rescue/restore program" on the CD. From there you can backup
your FAT partition to any storage device that you like. Using the same program, you
can restore all or part of your backup to any place you want. TI recognizes FAT32/16,
NTFS, Ext2/Ext3, ReiserFs and Linux SWAP. TI claims to be able to back up
unsupported file systems, using a sector by sector copy approach. And if that is indeed
true, you could use it to back up JFS and HPFS.
Well, these are just thoughts!
HCM
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