Removing/Resizing YDL?

[bruce woller]

Since we are tacking on here.  If you like a really simple GUI frontend 
to psync try PsyncX
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16089

Works good - lasts a long time


On Aug 2, 2004, at 11:25 AM, mascarasnake wrote:

> 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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