I've checked the packages via www.debian.org, but all the backup packages there are aimed either at diskettes or tape drives. I have a Zip drive, and don't want to purchase a tape drive. Conversely, I don't want to backup a 1.2 gig drive to floppies.
The commercial packages like bru might do it . . . but the two I've found for Linux are absurdly expensive. I have no problem buying commercial software, but when backup software for DOS or Windows or OS/2 or the Mac is available for $29, I can't justify buying a $100 Linux program. Someone will say "use tar" or "use afio" or "use dump". I might, but as far as I can tell none of those except tar inherently support removable disks (multiple volumes). Tar can do multivolume backups, but from what I've read if one sector on the disk is corrupted, you lose the whole backup. So: are there any free (or cheap) backup programs for Linux, which by design support multivolume archives? (I kinda miss DOS. PKZip 2 would be perfect for my job, but unfortunately the InfoZip ZIP doesn't natively handle multivolume archives.) Thanks. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "With some technology, you get the feeling that the designers weren't fully considering ease of use. With ISDN, you get the feeling that the designers hate your friggin' guts." -Scott Adams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
