Date:  Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:54:54 -0500
From:  madodel at ptdprolog.net
Subject:  [VOICENWS] SW: New release of LDBkup


From: "Walter F. Metcalf" <walterDESPAM.os2 at rogers.com> 

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.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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:
---------

- 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

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Walter F. Metcalf

V.O.I.C.E. Vice-President
http://www.os2voice.org

WarpDoctor Coordinator
http://www.warpdoctor.org
walter.os2DESPAM at rogers.com
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Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com
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