On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Ummmm
>
> How about an IDE HDD in a drawer? I use two of them and leapfrog and
> backup is down to single user for maintenance and the copy command. The
> backup (20 Gb worth) takes less time than my UPS is able to stay up.
>
I understand what you're saying, but the idea of having
three or four "backup" hard drives is a bit much for me...
Plus, I don't have any 5.25" drive bays open. :-) I wish I
did....
> I have a Python program that takes the big disk and transfers all its
> files to CD-R on an off-line machine once a week. I'm not sure I could
> rebuild a bootable without reinstalling, but I know I can restore all
> the data files. No fancy compression schemes or anything like that. It
> can take a 2 G file (or even larger if such were supported) and spread
> it across several CD-Rs. I leave space on some of them, and may not
> make the most efficient use of CD-R space, but at $.90 each, it is more
> important to save labor and data than it is to maximize use of space on
> CD-Rs. The proggie also prints out a catalog of what is on each disk
> and a set of labels on plain old Avery 5160s. Not fancy but it works.
>
I really like THAT idea... :-) I'm seriously considering
getting a "Smart & Friendly" SCSI CDRW drive. Use it
instead of my SCSI CD drive for both reading and writing
and I'll be emailing you asking for a copy of that util! :-)
John
