Much of this is music materials and the like which do not compress well when using those programs as I have tried. I do not want to chance it. Call me a chicken if you wish but it is my data. Will the methods suggested do this, no compression involved? Karen On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Luke Davis wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> I have no intention of risking a zip of any of these files, nor do i want >> to > > Risking a zip? What does that mean? Where is the risk? Gnu Zip (not PK > Zip), and Bzip2, are highly stable formats. > Tar is an archiving method used for decades on unix. In fact, Linux uses > bzip2 as its kernel format these days. > > This exact method is how many of us who backup shellworld user data, do it, > on a regular basis--tar archived into bzip, or gzip. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
