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Offline motorollinTopic starter

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Backup software with span support?
« on: January 29, 2006, 01:46:29 PM »
Is there any backup software for the Amiga that supports spanning? I want to backup on to Zip disks but don't want to have to manually copy over in 100Mb chunks.

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Re: Backup software with span support?
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2006, 02:50:53 PM »
Sounds good. Is there anything available now though?

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: Backup software with span support?
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2006, 06:22:22 PM »
I thought of that, using an archiver and specifying the size for each chunk. But how would I handle disk changes when one gets full? Is there an archive that will prompt for the next disk before starting the next chunk?

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Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10