crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) (10/24/90)
Has anyone else noticed that there's a program called HDBackup on the
Extras disk that came with the 2.02 Beta2 release? I've tried using
it but I want to do my backup on my Viper, so I went into the HDBackup.help
file and changed DEVS to include my tape drive (using "tape:" which should
be recognized, at least by BRU) and I changed USE to "tape:" also.
Alas, things were not meant to be done so easily. It appears that HDBackup
doesn't actually read that file for it's config information! I still get
only DF0:, DF1:, DF2:, and DF3: on the Device menu. And even if I left it
at DF0: it would say, "Creating Backup" but nothing was being done. I switched
to another screen ("Isn't multitasking great!") and tried STATUS to see if
it had started up BRU. Nope. Thinking that maybe it wasn't a CLI process,
I also tried Xoper but with the same result.
Other than that, ie. it doesn't work (!), its a nice interface. There
should be someway to specify a file pattern BEFORE searching the partition
for files to backup, and it'd be nice to be able to specify a directory
instead of a device (so I wouldn't have to wait 30 seconds while it
scans my 157MB drive :-).
For a package that I'll be using all the time, those are pretty minor
quirks when I can just backup everything in one fell swoop on a single tape.
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In article <> crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) writes: > >Has anyone else noticed that there's a program called HDBackup on the >Extras disk that came with the 2.02 Beta2 release? > >...For a package that I'll be using all the time... Commodore provides pre-release software to developers under a non-disclosure agreement. This agreement prohibits public discussion of disclosed software until after release. The software version you cite was available only under non-disclosure, and is not supported by Commodore. Final Kickstart 2.02 is available from your dealer. Use of pre-release software is not recommended. Developers have a feedback mechanism for reporting problems to Commodore (BIX amiga.com/amiga.cert, USENET "bugs@commodore.com" and telephone support). Users may send bug reports to "bugs@commodore.com" or post on BIX in amiga.dev/bugs. -- |\_/| . "ACK!, NAK!, EOT!, SOH!" "Lawyers: America's untapped export market." {X o} . Bryce Nesbitt, Operating Systems Group, Commodore-Amiga, Inc. (") BIX: bnesbitt U USENET: bryce@commodore.COM -or- uunet!cbmvax!bryce