In a message on 12-24-18 Torsten Bamberg said to Marc Lewis:

Good morning Torsten,

Sean, I too would like to do an upgrade, but I question what will
happen to my present set-up when I start the upgrade. Will the new
ArcaOS preserve my old directory structure etc.? Never have gotten a clear answer as to what happens during the new OS install process.

ArcaOS does have the current OS/2 smp kernel 4.52. A update is not possible, because most of the programms are using the unixroot

I'm in the same predicament but have to return to this after XMAS.


Merry Christmas,

Holger


.. He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly
-- MR/2 2.30


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In a message on 12-31-18 Mike Powell said to Torsten Bamberg:

Hi Mike,.

Thanks. What I am mainly interested in would be a way to allow my
linux server to access the OS/2 Warp 4 box so that it can do a full
backup of the OS/2 system on a specified interval without having to
reboot the OS/2 system into a linux partition.

Is this really possible? I know that you can't backup a running system
from inside the the op-sys itself but can you backup a running system to another (Linux) machine?


Happy New Year,

Holger


.. "Windows everywhere" - - landfills, septic tanks . . .
-- MR/2 2.30

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Hi Holger.

02 Jan 19 19:56, you wrote to Mike Powell:

Thanks. What I am mainly interested in would be a way to allow my
linux server to access the OS/2 Warp 4 box so that it can do a full
backup of the OS/2 system on a specified interval without having to
reboot the OS/2 system into a linux partition.

Is this really possible?

Yes. Please read previous posts by Torsten and me.

I know that you can't backup a running system
from inside the the op-sys itself

Well, DFSee can backup a running system. I've made disk images from my running os/2 systen for a long time... I even converted one of these backups to a vmware virtual machine once. ;)

'Tommi

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On 2019 Jan 02 19:56:00, you wrote to Mike Powell:

Thanks. What I am mainly interested in would be a way to allow my
linux server to access the OS/2 Warp 4 box so that it can do a full
backup of the OS/2 system on a specified interval without having to
reboot the OS/2 system into a linux partition.

Is this really possible? I know that you can't backup a running system from inside the the op-sys itself

says who?

but can you backup a running system to another (Linux) machine?

sure... you might miss some locked files but the majority will be copied over...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
... Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
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In a message on 01-03-19 Tommi Koivula said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Tommi,

backup of the OS/2 system on a specified interval without having to
reboot the OS/2 system into a linux partition.

Is this really possible?

Yes. Please read previous posts by Torsten and me.

I have done it and even saved them.

I know that you can't backup a running system

Well, DFSee can backup a running system. I've made disk images from
my running os/2 systen for a long time... I even converted one of
these backups to a vmware virtual machine once. ;)

DFSee has long been a dream to me but I have not acquired it.
My favourite file manager has always been the derivatives of XTRee that
was included with my first PC, an Epson 286 AX.

I have it for OS/2 and Windows too.
Regarding the Windows version: Don't install it on the partition that
Windows starts from. It takes an age to start up due to the amount of
files that Windows installs.

Now I have it installed on the partition where I store my own programs.


Hyvää iltaa,

Holger


.. The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
-- MR/2 2.30


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In a message on 01-07-19 mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Mark,

i always record a log... 99% of the time i tee the stdout and stderr
to the same log file so i can see everything as it flows by on the
screen and can go back later to look closer at something that may
have caught my eye... or not... the script i posted shows the log
rotation and how i redirect the output to the log...

Gotta look deeper into OS/2 to see if I can find those protocols, AKA
known as log files.

i played that game way too many times when i supported
winwhatever... i don't do that any more ;)

I wouldn't even deam about having Winwhatever to run my BBS.


Have a good evening,

Holger


.. Windows: The world's 1st commercially successful Virus.
-- MR/2 2.30


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On 2019 Jan 08 08:57:00, you wrote to me:

i always record a log... 99% of the time i tee the stdout and stderr
to the same log file so i can see everything as it flows by on the
screen and can go back later to look closer at something that may
have caught my eye... or not... the script i posted shows the log
rotation and how i redirect the output to the log...

Gotta look deeper into OS/2 to see if I can find those protocols, AKA known as log files.

hunh? rsync is a 3rd party package you can install...
if you want logs, like i do, you redirect the output for it it like so...

x:\os2progs\rsync\bin\rsync %RSYNC_PARMS 2>&1 | TEE /A /path/to/log/file.log

both stdout and stderr are sent to tee which prints them to the screen as well as the specified (log) file...

i played that game way too many times when i supported
winwhatever... i don't do that any more ;)

I wouldn't even deam about having Winwhatever to run my BBS.

+10000~ O:)

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
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In a message on 01-09-19 mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Mark,

Gotta look deeper into OS/2 to see if I can find those protocols,
AKA known as log files.

hunh? rsync is a 3rd party package you can install...
if you want logs, like i do, you redirect the output for it it like
so...

OK, I'll check my file repository, if it isn't there I'll get it.

x:\os2progs\rsync\bin\rsync %RSYNC_PARMS 2>&1 | TEE /A /path/to/log/file.log

both stdout and stderr are sent to tee which prints them to the
screen as well as the specified (log) file...

Thanks for the info my friend.


Regards,

Holger


.. The irony of life is that no one gets out alive...
-- MR/2 2.30


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