Re: Archiver reliability

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Greg J. Buchner wrote:
> From personal experience, I'd say that Archiver is very unreliable.
> 
> Back when 6.0.1 first came out, that's what I used to back up important
> info off of my HD...and then found out it wouldn't restore some files
> (mostly large ones if I remember correctly).
> 
> I have noticed the same problem with Salvation Bakkup 2.0.  Unfortunately,
> there doesn't seem to be anything else I'd use...ProSel 16 is out as
> it only backs up to floppy...I currently back up to my Mac into a file
> (usually overnight) and then put that resulting file onto a DAT tape.
> 
> Is there any other program that would allow me to do this, backing
> up two ProDOS and one HFS volume unattended?
> 
> Greg B.

Take your Mac DAT drive to the GS, get GS Tape, and back up directly.
This will get the job done in 1/4 of the time.

Too bad I only have a Zip drive.  :(

-Scott G.