On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:11:33AM -0800, David E. Fox wrote: > > I don't think compression in backups is such a good idea. If there are > media problems a bad spot could hose most of the backup.
Not really true if you're using something like afio to pack up and compress the files. The archive format used by afio allows it to recover from read errors and go on unpacking the next file. And if you are backing up to CD-R, then compression is of great help in keeping the number of CDs down. andy -- Andy Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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