I'm either on a different planet or not understanding this exchange.
I have been using Retrospect 4.3 to backup 6 Macintosh Graphics
Workstations to a 40GB ATA Drive on a B&W G3 since October 1st. The
"Backup Set" file size for each machine is well in excess of 2GB (the
primary Photoshop Scanning Station Mac's "Backup Set" file is 14GB).
I incrementally add to the Backup Sets each night and have done a few
restores to cover inadvertently trashed files. While this method is
supplemented with a VXA Tape Drive for off-site and archival copies,
the speed and simplicity of backing up to and restoring from a large
Hard Drive has been wonderful the past few months.
>The only way to do this is to format the entire volume as a removable
>cartridge. Retrospect will then fill it with separate 2 GB container files.
>You'll need formatting software other than Apple's Drive Setup. DANTZ DOES
>NOT RECOMMEND OR SUPPORT THIS WORKAROUND.
>
>Eric Ullman
>Dantz Development
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Try partitioning the drive into segments <2GB, and then define all of the
>> partitions within Retrospect as members of the backup set. If my
>> assumptions about the way Retrospect works are correct, then it will fill
>> up each one in turn and the files will not get over the 2GB limit imposed
>> by ASIP.
>>
>> As I said, I haven't tried this, so it's really a guess. Does anyone see
>> any reason why this wouldn't work?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dan O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 12/15/2000 10:29:21 AM
>>
>> Please respond to "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> To: retro-talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> cc: (bcc: Ben Eastwood/HMG/Wilson Learning/US)
>> Subject: Re: Macintosh File
>>
>> I waas under the impression that the 2GB file size was a limitation
>> of the MacOS, and not ASIP alone. If so, you may have other problems.
>> But you might try compressing it with Stuffit Deluxe, and dividing
>> the resulting compressed file into parts. (Though if the 2GB limit is
>> set by the OS then this probably won't work either.)
>>
>> At 12:16 PM -0600 on 12/15/00, Donovan Brooke wrote:
>>> Thanks Eric for your help. I didn't think of looking towards ASIP as being
>>> the problem, but it looks to be just that. Realizing now that a
>>>single file
>>> can only be a max of 2 gigs, is there a procedure for spliting up
>>>the file to
>>> back up onto? Can retrospect jump to a new file when it has
>>>reached 2 gigs or
>>> can I designate another file to copy to when it reaches the 2 gig
>>>limit??? -
>>> Thanks, - Donovan
>>>
>>> Eric Ullman wrote:
>>>
>>>> According to Apple's Tech Info Library article #15460, "AppleShare File
>>>> Sharing: Chart of All Limitations," last modified 11/17/2000, ASIP 6.x
>> still
>>>> has a 2GB file size limit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n15460
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