Removing/Resizing YDL?

[mascarasnake]

to add a little to Dr. Clint's reply here - If you are *not* adverse to 
using a CLI utility to do your backups, you could try psync. Carbon Copy 
cloner uses this as part of it's backup options. It's a lot simpler to 
use than rsync (it's designed specifically for local backups, not 
network syncs). You can get it from Bombich Software:
	<http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html>
As long as you are able to mount the file system, you should be able to 
use psync (or maybe even CCC) with no problems. In addition to being 
simpler than rsync, psync preserves your resource fork by default.
Give it a whirl and let us know.

HTHO

Clinton MacDonald wrote:
> Mr. Norton:
> 
> Steven J. Norton wrote:
> 
>> Would this tool (ext2fsx) then allow me to mount Linux
>> filesystems on the Mac OS desktop
> 
> 
> Yes! ext2fsx creates a new control panel in System Preferences that 
> allows one to toggle mounting of the ext2 partition. It shows up on the 
> desktop, just like any other Mac partition (make sure you have the 
> Finder Preferences set to show hard disks on the desktop).
> 
>> so that they were accessible to Mac backup programs?
> 
> 
> Uh... I don't know. Retrospect *might* be able to do the backups, since 
> it has support for UFS. A better approach might be to use rsync to copy 
> files to your HFS+ drive for backup there.
> 
> Of course, that approach would negate your desire to use the YDL 
> partition for extra file storage space. :-/
> 
> Also, I do not know whether all OS X applications will be able to save 
> to or read from the ext2 partition, even though it is visible to the 
> Finder.
> 
>> And even if I could get Retrospect to see my YDL drives, could I trust 
>> the
>> backup? Any advice appreciated.
> 
> 
> The only way to trust a backup system -- any backup system -- is to do a 
> complete backup and then do a complete restore. It's the only way to be 
> sure. Give it a try and report your experiences to the list!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint
> 

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