Dantz released Retrospect 4.3 driver update 2.3.  There is no information
about what has been changed available yet.

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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 10:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: slightly off topic - looking for backup solution
> 
> 
> 
> OK, I'm frustrated.  I want to use OSX, badly.  But I can't put it
> into production until I can do the following:
> 
> 1) copy my entire production disk to a firewire image, 
> hopefully without
>    copying already existing files to save time
> 
> 2) erase my main disk (simulating a total disk failure, or a 
> repartitioning)
> 
> 3) copy it back
> 
> 4) boot using the new copy
> 
> I've been using Retrospect to do this.  Of course, the copy when it
> comes back has bad aliases, but at least I was able to boot and get to
> the stage of fixing the aliases (using FileBuddy, usually).
> 
> Now OSX comes along, and aliases are used from the moment of boot!
> /etc is an alias to /private/etc.  I can't even wake up!
> 
> I can't use rsync, because unix tools don't see the resource fork, and
> I will still have many Classic apps for a long time to come (like
> Framemaker) that are mission critical.
> 
> So what are other people doing?  Do I continue using retrospect, and
> figure out some way to relink all the broken links?  Perhaps using
> macperl?
> 
> I can't be the ONLY one who is messed up on a complete restore after a
> repartitioning or catastrophic failure.
> 
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