From: Blaine Hufnagle (powrlftr_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Feb 12 2001 - 16:32:56 EST
At 12:15 PM 2/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:10:51 -0500
>From: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
>To: "ThinkPad List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
>Subject: Re: 32GH and the 600E
>Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010212000923.025a7d30_at_pilot.msu.edu>
>
>When I last pestered my IBM spy, I couldn't get any dates of out
>them about the higher density disks. There is a 50G disk but I
>don't think its gotten off life-support in the lab yet.
>
>So, the 32G disk is the biggest so far...
I have to ask....
How does one back up something this big? Especially someone like me who
isn't a business user with access to multiple gigs of server space...
I'm aware of the technique of keeping an base install of the OS on CD with
a separate CD (or more as necessary) for data, but isn't there a simpler
way without having to resort to expen$ive means?
How big have DAT (or other tape media) drives gotten?
-blaine
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