Version 1.02 of LDBkup (Large Disk Backup) has been released. This new version contains the following changes:
1. Reduced the compression factor to M1. This noticeably sped up backup time without unduly increasing archive size.
2. Cleaned parameter-handling to make handling multiple drives more predictable.
3. Cleaned up handling of target drive letter to allow more flexibility in specification of the target drive.
4. Added some "Starting programs" to make using LDBkup easier to configure and easier to use with triggering programs like Relish and cron.
5. Updated the documentation file. (This information, however, is not yet in it.)
You can download LDBkup from hobbes at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/archiver/ldbkup1-02.zip and from the Warpdoctor web site at:
http://www.warpdoctor.org/walter.metcalf/kw2/Utilities/LDBKUP1-02.ZIP
See the next section for an introduction to LDBkup and a partial list of its features.
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Large Disk Backup (LDBkup)
LDBkup is a program designed specially to backup very large disk drives, especially those larger than 2 GB. LDBkup can back up your disk(s) to the following media:
Local hard drive
Remote hard drive
CDR(W) media
DVDRAM media
To accomplish backing up to optical media, they must be "attached" to the system (i.e. assigned a drive letter) by a software package such as RSJ CD Writer. So far, only RSJ has been tested, though CDRecord, etc., should
work just as well.
LDBkup uses the shareware program RAR(c) by Eugene Roshal as the engine for the actual back up. So you need to have RAR installed in the same directory as LDBkup.
Features:
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- no limit to the size of drive you want to back up.
- flexible configuration setup
- multiple drives can be backed up in one session.
- runs unattended
- long drives are split up "on the fly", producing normal archive files.
- full LAN support.
- CDR(W), DVDR, and DVDRAM support
- files produced on optical drives are in standard format, unlike Backup/2000
- support is available!!
To subscribe to the support mailing list, send the following message
subscribe LDBkup
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