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- This file contains the latest information about the current
- version of MegaBack
-
- UPDATING AN OLDER VERSION: To update to a newer version of
- MegaBack, simply replace the old MB.EXE with the new one. All
- of the index files can be used by the new version, and it is NOT
- necessary to do a new full backup.
-
- IMPORTANT: MegaBack builds the necessary data files in the
- directory where MB.EXE is located. Ideally, MegaBack needs to
- be in a special directory to itself, since MegaBack excludes
- the directory that it is in from backup. To install, create a
- directory on your hard disk, and copy MB.EXE to that directory.
- Then, start the program by enter MB and set up the system
- options. That's it!
-
- NOTE: MegaBack attempts to estimate the number of minutes
- necessary for backup. The first time you run MegaBack, the
- estimation will probably be significantly off, reflecting more
- minutes needed than will be actually used. Subsequent backups
- will be more accurate. The base estimates were made on a
- 286/12, so adjust the estimates according to your machine type.
- A 386/33 will process one meg of data per minute, give or take a
- little depending on compression type.
-
-
- Version History:
- ----------------
-
- Version 2.10
- ------------
-
- Fixes:
- ------
-
- o When encountering an I/O error, the recover selection
- "Force new disk and try again" would sometimes lock
- up the system.
-
- o When using multiple /ID: parameters, MegaBack would
- at times use the wrong ID.
-
-
- Version 2.0
- -----------
-
- Enhancments:
- ------------
-
- o Added new faster, tighter compression routines. Now,
- compression is 22-25% faster and 3-5% smaller.
-
- o Added F9 to skip the file that is current being
- processed. F8 skips the directory.
-
- o When pressing ESC to terminate, MegaBack now informs
- the user that it has to complete the current file
- before quitting
-
- o Added color support for Mono, LCD and color.
-
- o MegaBack will now initialize the index if a command
- line full backup is issued
-
- Fixes:
- ------
- o When selecting files for restore, MegaBack would
- sometimes mistakenly report that the drive from where
- the files were backed up from was no longer in
- existance.
- Version 1.41
- ------------
-
- Fixes:
- ------
-
- o Corrected small cosmetic flaws.
-
- o Improved some messages and queries to be more user-
- friendly
-
-
- Version 1.40
- ------------
-
- Enhancments:
-
- o Added print order form facility
-
- o If the indexes are not present on restore, MegaBack
- will restore them.
-
- o Changed CONFIG.SYS checking to create CONFIG.SYS if
- absent.
-
- o Added command line synchronization. Now behaves like
- MegaBack in regular mode.
-
- Fixes:
-
- o When restoring to a drive that no longer exits,
- MegaBack would receive a number of DOS error 2
-
- o When processing multiple drives, ESC would just skip
- to the next drive
-
- o When using the /S options and a disk filled up,
- MegaBack would reuse the disk.
-
- o The Log function would sometimes write garbage to the
- log files.
-
- o In the "List files needing backup," entries past 651
- would be unreadable
-
- Version 1.35
- ------------
-
- Enhancments:
-
- o MegaBack can now use multiple exclude files with multiple
- IDs.
-
- o When scanning the disk before backup, the "List files" option
- has several new options:
- ALT+D - Delete the file under the hightlight bar
- F5 - Exclude the directory under the hightlight
- bar
- <SPACE> - Toggle the files exclude status
- --> - Exclude the file
- <-- - Unexclude the file
- F10 - Save changes to the exclude file
-
-
- Fixes:
- ------
-
- Fixed CONFIG.SYS checking to work with remote server and QEMM
- type machines.
-
- Version 1.30
- ------------
-
- Enhancments:
- ------------
-
- o Advanced options are now available in the utilities menu.
- These options include:
- -- Skip 0 byte files
- -- Skip Stowaway's auto-restore files
- -- Maintain activity log
- -- Is activity log to be verbose
- -- Scan disk before backup
- -- Target Media type
- -- Directory to back up to
- -- default sort type
-
- o Made multiple changes to the list which views files to be
- backed up:
-
- -- Files may be physically deleted from the disk from
- this list by pressing ALT+D.
- -- Files may also be excluded from this list
-
- o Added several command line parameters:
-
- -- /NS No Scan prior to backup **
- -- /NL No Log **
- -- /V Verbose log **
-
- ** Also available in advanced options.
-
- Fixes:
- ------
-
- o When synchronizing the indexes, MegaBack would take too
- long. This version speeds this up tremendously.
-
- o Fixed CONFIG.SYS checking.
-
- o Verify will now work for DR-DOS users.
-
-
- Version 1.20
- ------------
-
- MegaBack released for general distribution.
-
- Version 1.13ß
- -------------
-
- Enhancments:
-
- Now checks for CONFIG.SYS to verify the proper number of
- files can be open.
-
- Version 1.12ß
-
- Fixed a small problem with restarted backups.
-
-
- Version 1.11ß
-
- Fixes:
-
- When indexes are split across diskettes, MegaBack would
- request the disk that it had just filled, overwriting
- the existing data.
-
- When indexes were split across the SAME diskette, TWICE,
- MegaBack would write to the incorrect diskette. Data
- was still intact though.
-
- Version 1.10ß
-
- Fixes:
-
- Attributes were not reset correctly at times
-
-
- Version 1.09ß
-
- Fixes:
-
- When running on machines with DOS versions earlier than
- 5.0, the disk format routine would sometimes lock up the
- machine.
-
- Fixed a stack overflow problem encountered by some
- machines.
-
-
- Enhancments:
- -----------
-
- Sped up processing significantly over prior versions.
-
- Build the ability to process multiple drives.
-
- MegaBack will now provide you with date and time of
- files that it wishes to overlay on restore.
-
-
- Version 1.07
- ------------
-
- Fixes:
-
- In determining drives, MegaBack would only allow access
- to drives that were in order. For example, drives C, D,
- and E would be processed, but not C, D, F.
-
- When excluding files, if <SPACE> was hit on a selected
- file, and ESC was hit, you could no longer untag/tag the
- file.
-
- When scanning disks, if not files were found, MegaBack
- crashed.
-
- When in select mode backing up files, MegaBack displayed
- more files than were going to be processed, since the
- MegaBack directory was not properely excluded.
-
- Fixed a bug in the disk scanner that would cause
- intermittant problems
-
- Enhancements:
-
- MegaBack can now process multiple drives in one session.
-
-
- Version 1.05 release for wide beta
-
-