Re: BackUp SW Suggestion ?

Peter Brown wrote:
> Hi r c
> 
> r c johnston wrote:
>> Looking for a backup solution for eCom 1.2R. Neither  Backup/2000 nor 
>> BackupDemon or Smartbackup 1.1 seems to work as advertised.  I have a 
>> DVD writer and wish to write to either a DVD-R or DVD-RW.
>>
>> TIA for any help.
>>
> 
> 
> BA/2 works with eCS1.2R and will write to UDF formatted DVD+/-RW/RAM; I 
> think it should be possible to burn the backup to a DVD+/-R but I must 
> admit that I have never tried.
> 
> 
> Of course, BA/2, and most other backup software, has the original HPFS 
> 2Gb file size limitation which can cause problems when backing up large 
> disks...
> 
> Possibly the only software that copes with >2Gb files is star backup 
> http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver/star-1.5.73-os2.zip
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete


You should add that it works in combination with RSJ. That is the only 

Looking for a backup solution for eCom 1.2R. Neither  Backup/2000 nor 
BackupDemon or Smartbackup 1.1 seems to work as advertised.  I have a DVD 
writer and wish to write to either a DVD-R or DVD-RW.

TIA for any help.

Hi r c

r c johnston wrote:
> Looking for a backup solution for eCom 1.2R. Neither  Backup/2000 nor 
> BackupDemon or Smartbackup 1.1 seems to work as advertised.  I have a 
> DVD writer and wish to write to either a DVD-R or DVD-RW.
> 
> TIA for any help.
> 


BA/2 works with eCS1.2R and will write to UDF formatted DVD+/-RW/RAM; I 
think it should be possible to burn the backup to a DVD+/-R but I must 
admit that I have never tried.


Of course, BA/2, and most other backup software, has the original HPFS 
2Gb file size limitation which can cause problems when backing up large 
disks...

Possibly the only software that copes with >2Gb files is star backup 
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver/star-1.5.73-os2.zip


Regards

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:48:39 UTC, johnsr@cwnet.com (r c johnston) 
wrote:

> Looking for a backup solution for eCom 1.2R. Neither  Backup/2000 nor 
> BackupDemon or Smartbackup 1.1 seems to work as advertised.  I have a DVD 
> writer and wish to write to either a DVD-R or DVD-RW.
> 
> TIA for any help.

I am still using BackAgain/2000, for most of my backups. What I, 
usually, do, is back up to my hard disk, then burn the backup file(s) 
to DVD, using DVDDAO. Of course, BA/2K chokes on files larger than 2 
GiB (in, or out), so multiple backup sets are used to maintain the 
file sizes to something reasonable. If I need to back up a file larger
than 2 GiB, I just burn it to DVD (assuming it is less than the size 
that a DVD can hold). The only files, that I have so far, that are 
larger, are HDD files for SVista, so I use DFSEE to back them up to 
multiple smart compressed files, which can be burned to DVD. DFSEE can
also image partitions, or whole disks, to files that are small enough 
to burn to DVD (or, CD, or even diskettes, if you are rich enough to 
buy them all, and patient enough to write them).

I have also experimented with ARJ. The command:
ARJ a PHOTOS.ARJ V:\PHOTOS\* -a1 -b2 -2e -r -v1565M -js -jyv 
(should all be on one line, if it wraps) backs up my V:\PHOTOS  
directory, and all of it's contents, to a file named PHOTOS.ARJ, 
splitting it into multiple files af 1536 meg (three fit nicely on a 
DVD). The command:
ARJ x V:\BACKUPS\Main\PHOTOS.ARJ V:\PHOTOS\* -vv -y
will restore the backups.

To burn the backup files to CD, or DVD, I use a program that I am 
working on, but you can use RSJ, or AudioCDCreator, or just the 
commands for MKISOFS, and DVDDAO, or CDRecord.

Hope this helps...
-- 
From the eComStation 2.0 RC2 of Doug Bissett
dougb007 at telus dot net
(Please make the obvious changes, to e-mail me)

One of my favourite backup programs is dsync 
http://www.os2site.com/sw/util/backup/index.html
Small, fast, easy config . I have to do backups quite often. I do it over 
my home network and make "mirrors" on two computers. Extract from
readme:

"1. Main Features

 - EA (Extended Attributes) support;
 - Very fast working, low memory consuming;
 - Text mode, can be run detached, can work without PM, i/e from bootable
   diskette;
 - CPU usage saving mode;
 - Can't work with files greater than 4 Gb (may be even greater than 2 Gb);
 - Can copy locked files;
 - Can't work with pathnames longer than 255 chars (in OS/2 max = 260 
chars);
 - Uses simple text config file;
 - Tested on FAT, HPFS, HPFS386, JFS, network drives of PEER, Netware, NFS.
   Reaction on other file systems - unknown.
 - Can't write files with long filenames on the FAT disks;
 - Errors - not found yet. :)"

When it comes to files over 2GB it seems like you have to try it out. The 
readme is a little vague on that point as you see.