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From: richard wyckoff <rwyckoff@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Need backup options for 80M hard drive
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.014055.28473@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 91 20:40:40 -0500
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rrk@yoda.byu.edu writes
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>have a IIcx with an internal 80M hard drive. As I have nearly filled this
>drive up, I am approaching 100 floppies for a backup. This gets quite tedious
                                                                      

I also have an 80Mb drive.
I use 1.44Mb floppies and fastback2.  I end up with more like 40 floppies
for a full backup.
I realize you were expecting a hardware solution, but consider useing
a compression util.  Also, move most of your static stuff (the files you
haven't changed in 10 or 12 months) to a separate area, make a one-time
backup of it, and leave it alone.  What you're left with is a much more
manageable area which needs more frequent backups.  Most backup utils have
compression options, and, after an initial "full" backup, allow you to do
"incremental" backups: only the files changed since the previous backup are
bothered with.  In this case, it's so not important that you move the stable
stuff to "don't-save-new-stuff-in-me" area.

                 Rich
(rwyckoff@copper.ucs.indiana.edu)
