Need Help with Backup and Storage

Over the past few months I have been making the transition from PC to Mac. A "clean install", if you will.
In addition to iPhones and iPads, we now have a new Mac mini which serves as a HTPC and general home computer, 2 laptops (Air and Pro), all connected (some wirelessly and some wired) through AirPort Extreme and extended AirPort Express.
The one missing piece of the puzzle is backup and storage. I have no backup (which can't continue) and the only storage is on the hard drives in the various devices themselves.
After spending days pouring through this forum and others, I am now thinking about getting a 2TB Time Capsule for backup and a 6TB G-Raid for storage.
The G-Raid, I'm assuming, will have to be connected directly to the mini by Firewire. As it will largely be used for storing our DVDs and CDs, I don't think that's an issue but wonder if it will be easy to move files between it and the other devices?
Are there any flaws in this plan? Is there a better way of doing it?
I would appreciate any comments.

The one issue you will have is that you have multiple
iDevices, multiple computers and multiple users. If
you are using iTunes to manage your media, you
will need to put the media storage on a computer that
will be running all the time and have iTunes running on
that and set up for Home Sharing. Then, on each device,
you can select what material gets copied to the device
and what material will stream only.
As far as backups, I personally maintain clones on portable
drives for each of my computers and, depending on the data,
backup data on USB memory sticks or additional portables.
As for my media, I have a pair of 2TB drives connected via
USB to an Airport Extreme Base Station and have my media
files stored there. One is the main and the other is a backup.

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Reformatting Computer's Hardrive: Need help with Backup and Restore?

Hi,
I'm getting ready to reformat my hardrive and I'm backing up all of my files. All apps will be reinstalled after the drive is formatted.
I have a ton of music that I've purchased from itunes and mp3s that I've ripped from my CDs in my main itunes folder. I will backup this folder (if necessary). Do I need to back up the licenses? If so, where are they stored? Or, what's the best and most efficient way to go about this backup and restore process? If my Ipod has all my music/videos, will it just copy all the music/videos back to my newly reformatted hardrive while maintaining the original folder structure? I assume I will have to install a fresh copy of itunes first. Also, I'm worried about the licensing for the purchased music. Is there something special I need to do with these files?
I appreciate it if someone can give me the detailed steps to go about this without issue. I'm thinking this is a pretty easy question to all the techies out there...
Thanks,
Brandon

Back up or copy the iTunes folder. There are no licenses to worry about, buy Deauthorize your computer in iTunes before you reformat. After you restore everything play one of the songs you purchased from the iTunes Store and enter your Apple ID and password to Authorize your computer.

Need help with backup and clean install

Need Assistance with G5
Background
I'm an inexperienced Mac user with a G5, twin 2.0 gig processors and 1.5
gig ram. The OS is v10.3.6. It is the latest OS that will not slow down
internet (Safari/Mail) applications. Anything newer has really slowed internet applications down big time.
Current Problem
I've probably messed up my hard drive by switching back and forth
(archive/install) from newer to present OS. I now have corrupted data and
while my Mac is useable, several things do not work (disk utility, printing
and possibly more). I have a mixture of new and older versions of
these applications/utilities in my OS.
Going Forward
I believe I need to wipe out my hard drive and do a clean install. I also have a Mac mini which I can use (I believe) for backup via firewire.
Backup
Is everything I need to backup in the "User" folder? My spouse and I have
separate accounts and a shared account on the same Mac, with a total of 8.5 gig of data, mostly photo's and music. We want to save that and the usual preferences and favorites/bookmarks/addresses/email, etc. It would be nice if all I had to do was drag the user folder into the target drive.
I'd appreciate any assistance. I have more questions which I'll get to later, but I need to start somewhere.
Thanks all
Mac G5

Backing up your Users folder will save everything in all the accounts on the computer including pictures, music, preferences, etc. as long as they were kept in that folder.
If you have File Vault turned on you should turn it off. The "correct" procedure for transferring to your Mac Mini is as follows:
1. Turn both computers off. Connect them together with a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 into Target Disk Mode.
3. Then boot the Mac Mini normally. The G5's hard drive should be present on the Mini's Desktop.
4. Create a new folder on the Mini and name it something appropriate like G5 User Backup. Drag the Users folder on the G5 into this new folder on the Mini.
After the transfer completes you should verify that everything has been transferred and is there in the folder.
5. Drag the G5's hard drive icon from the Desktop to the Trash or CTRL-click on its icon and select Eject from the contextual menu.
6. Shutdown the G5 and remove the Firewire cable connecting the two computers.
You can now proceed to fix the G5. Because you are planning to erase the hard drive I would like to suggest you do an extended format to prep the hard drive properly for your restoration:
1. Boot from your Panther Installer Disk. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
You can then quit Disk Utility and return to the installer. Now proceed to reinstall OS X. Be sure you set up your accounts with the exact same usernames and passwords as you used before.
Once you have completed your reinstallation on the G5 you can restore your Users folder from the Mac Mini.
1. Shut down both computers. Connect them with a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 into Target Disk Mode.
3. Boot the Mac Mini normally. G5's hard drive should appear on the Mini's Desktop.
4. Open a Finder window on the G5's hard drive and drag the Users folder to the Trash (don't delete yet.)
5. Now copy the saved Users folder from the Mac Mini to the G5 (only the Users folder, not the folder in which you stored it.)
6. Eject the G5's hard drive from the Mini's Desktop and shut down the G5.
7. Disconnect the Firewire cable.
Now restart the G5. If all worked well it should start up normally and you should find everything normal in your accounts.
There is one potential problem in all the above. All your account preferences are contained in the Users folder. If you have any corrupted preferences, they will still be corrupted and may continue to cause problems. If that's the case you may need to trash the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder's contents. Hopefully, this won't be the case, but you should be aware of the possibility.
If eveything is working normally you can empty the Trash and delete the contents. Same on the Mac Mini.

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I'm moving this the the Administration Forum. It seems more apporpiate there.

Need help with JTextArea and Scrolling

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import javax.swing.*;
public class MORT_RETRY extends JFrame implements ActionListener
private JPanel keypad;
private JPanel buttons;
private JTextField lcdLoanAmt;
private JTextField lcdInterestRate;
private JTextField lcdTerm;
private JTextField lcdMonthlyPmt;
private JTextArea displayArea;
private JButton CalculateBtn;
private JButton ClrBtn;
private JButton CloseBtn;
private JButton Amortize;
private JScrollPane scroll;
private DecimalFormat calcPattern = new DecimalFormat("$###,###.00");
private String[] rateTerm = {"", "7years @ 5.35%", "15years @ 5.5%", "30years @ 5.75%"};
private JComboBox rateTermList;
double interest[] = {5.35, 5.5, 5.75};
int term[] = {7, 15, 30};
double balance, interestAmt, monthlyInterest, monthlyPayment, monPmtInt, monPmtPrin;
int termInMonths, month, termLoop, monthLoop;
public MORT_RETRY()
Container pane = getContentPane();
lcdLoanAmt = new JTextField();
lcdMonthlyPmt = new JTextField();
displayArea = new JTextArea();//DEFINE COMBOBOX AND SCROLL
rateTermList = new JComboBox(rateTerm);
scroll = new JScrollPane(displayArea);
scroll.setSize(600,170);
scroll.setLocation(150,270);//DEFINE BUTTONS
CalculateBtn = new JButton("Calculate");
ClrBtn = new JButton("Clear Fields");
CloseBtn = new JButton("Close");
Amortize = new JButton("Amortize");//DEFINE PANEL(S)
keypad = new JPanel();
buttons = new JPanel();//DEFINE KEYPAD PANEL LAYOUT
keypad.setLayout(new GridLayout( 4, 2, 5, 5));//SET CONTROLS ON KEYPAD PANEL
keypad.add(new JLabel("Loan Amount$ : "));
keypad.add(lcdLoanAmt);
keypad.add(new JLabel("Term of loan and Interest Rate: "));
keypad.add(rateTermList);
keypad.add(new JLabel("Monthly Payment : "));
keypad.add(lcdMonthlyPmt);
lcdMonthlyPmt.setEditable(false);
keypad.add(new JLabel("Amortize Table:"));
keypad.add(displayArea);
displayArea.setEditable(false);//DEFINE BUTTONS PANEL LAYOUT
buttons.setLayout(new GridLayout( 1, 3, 5, 5));//SET CONTROLS ON BUTTONS PANEL
buttons.add(CalculateBtn);
buttons.add(Amortize);
buttons.add(ClrBtn);
buttons.add(CloseBtn);//ADD ACTION LISTENER
CalculateBtn.addActionListener(this);
ClrBtn.addActionListener(this);
CloseBtn.addActionListener(this);
Amortize.addActionListener(this);
rateTermList.addActionListener(this);//ADD PANELS
pane.add(keypad, BorderLayout.NORTH);
pane.add(buttons, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
pane.add(scroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter()
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
System.exit(0);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
String arg = lcdLoanAmt.getText();
int combined = Integer.parseInt(arg);
if (e.getSource() == CalculateBtn)
try
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Got try here", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
catch(NumberFormatException ev)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Got here", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (arg != null))
try{
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 1))
monthlyInterest = interest[0] / (12 * 100);
termInMonths = term[0] * 12;
monthlyPayment = combined * (monthlyInterest / (1 - (Math.pow (1 + monthlyInterest, -termInMonths))));
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(calcPattern.format(monthlyPayment));
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 2))
monthlyInterest = interest[1] / (12 * 100);
termInMonths = term[1] * 12;
monthlyPayment = combined * (monthlyInterest / (1 - (Math.pow (1 + monthlyInterest, -termInMonths))));
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(calcPattern.format(monthlyPayment));
if ((e.getSource() == CalculateBtn) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 3))
monthlyInterest = interest[2] / (12 * 100);
termInMonths = term[2] * 12;
monthlyPayment = combined * (monthlyInterest / (1 - (Math.pow (1 + monthlyInterest, -termInMonths))));
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(calcPattern.format(monthlyPayment));
catch(NumberFormatException ev)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid Entry!\nPlease Try Again", "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
} //IF STATEMENTS FOR AMORTIZATION
if ((e.getSource() == Amortize) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 1))
loopy(7, 5.35);
if ((e.getSource() == Amortize) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 2))
loopy(15, 5.5);
if ((e.getSource() == Amortize) && (rateTermList.getSelectedIndex() == 3))
loopy(30, 5.75);
if (e.getSource() == ClrBtn)
rateTermList.setSelectedIndex(0);
lcdLoanAmt.setText(null);
lcdMonthlyPmt.setText(null);
displayArea.setText(null);
if (e.getSource() == CloseBtn)
System.exit(0);
private void loopy(int lTerm,double lInterest)
double total, monthly, monthlyrate, monthint, monthprin, balance, lastint, paid;
int amount, months, termloop, monthloop;
String lcd2 = lcdLoanAmt.getText();
amount = Integer.parseInt(lcd2);
termloop = 1;
paid = 0.00;
monthlyrate = lInterest / (12 * 100);
months = lTerm * 12;
monthly = amount *(monthlyrate/(1-Math.pow(1+monthlyrate,-months)));
total = months * monthly;
balance = amount;
while (termloop <= lTerm)
displayArea.setCaretPosition(0);
displayArea.append("\n");
displayArea.append("Year " + termloop + " of " + lTerm + ": payments\n");
displayArea.append("\n");
displayArea.append("Month\tMonthly\tPrinciple\tInterest\tBalance\n");
monthloop = 1;
while (monthloop <= 12)
monthint = balance * monthlyrate;
monthprin = monthly - monthint;
balance -= monthprin;
paid += monthly;
displayArea.setCaretPosition(0);
displayArea.append(monthloop + "\t" + calcPattern.format(monthly) + "\t" + calcPattern.format(monthprin) + "\t");
displayArea.append(calcPattern.format(monthint) + "\t" + calcPattern.format(balance) + "\n");
monthloop ++;
termloop ++;
public static void main(String args[])
MORT_RETRY f = new MORT_RETRY();
f.setTitle("MORTGAGE PAYMENT CALCULATOR");
f.setBounds(600, 600, 500, 500);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}need help with displaying the textarea correctly and the scroll bar please.
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Need help with trim and null function

Hi all,
I need help with a query. I use the trim function to get the first three characters of a string. How do I write my query so if a null value occurs in combination with my trim to say 'Null' in my results?
Thanks

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. What am I doing wrong?
SELECT trim(SUBSTR(AL1.user_data_text,1,3)),NVL
(AL1.user_data_text,'XX')
FROM Table
I want the XX to appear in the same column as the
trim.The main thing you're doing wrong is not formatting your code. The solution may become obvious if you do.
What you're saying is:
SELECT trim ( SUBSTR (AL1.user_data_text, 1, 3))
,       NVL ( AL1.user_data_text, 'XX' )
FROM    Tablewhich makes it clear that you're SELECTing two columns, when you only want to have one.
If you want that column to be exactly like the first column you're currently SELECTing, except that when that column is NULL you want it to be 'XX', then you have to apply NVL to that column, like this:
SELECT NVL ( trim ( SUBSTR (AL1.user_data_text, 1, 3))
            , 'XX'
FROM    Table

Need help with INSERT and WITH clause

I wrote sql statement which correctly work, but how i use this statment with INSERT query? NEED HELP. when i wrote insert i see error "ORA 32034: unsupported use of with clause"
with t1 as(
select a.budat,a.monat as period,b.vtweg,
c.gjahr,c.buzei,c.shkzg,c.hkont, c.prctr,
c.wrbtr,
c.matnr,
c.menge,
a.monat,
c.zuonr
from ldw_v1.BKPF a,ldw_v1.vbrk b, ldw_v1.bseg c
where a.AWTYP='VBRK' and a.BLART='RV' and a.BUKRS='8431' and a.awkey=b.vbeln
and a.bukrs=c.bukrs and a.belnr=c.belnr and a.gjahr=c.gjahr and c.koart='D'
and c.ktosl is null and c.gsber='4466' and a.gjahr>='2011' and b.vtweg='01'
,t2 as(
select a.BUKRS,a.BELNR, a.GJAHR,t1.vtweg,t1.budat,t1.monat from t1, ldw_v1.bkpf a
where t1.zuonr=a.xblnr and a.blart='WL' and bukrs='8431'
,tcogs as (
select t2.budat,t2.monat,t2.vtweg, bseg.gjahr,bseg.hkont,bseg.prctr,
sum(bseg.wrbtr) as COGS,bseg.matnr,bseg.kunnr,sum(bseg.menge) as QUANTITY
from t2, ldw_v1.bseg
where t2.bukrs=bseg.bukrs and t2.belnr=bseg.BELNR and t2.gjahr=bseg.gjahr and BSEG.KOART='S'
group by t2.budat,t2.monat,t2.vtweg, bseg.gjahr,bseg.hkont,bseg.prctr,
bseg.matnr,bseg.kunnr
,t3 as
select a.budat,a.monat,b.vtweg,
c.gjahr,c.buzei,c.shkzg,c.hkont, c.prctr,
case when c.shkzg='S' then c.wrbtr*(-1)
else c.wrbtr end as NTS,
c.matnr,c.kunnr,
c.menge*(-1) as Quantity
from ldw_v1.BKPF a,ldw_v1.vbrk b, ldw_v1.bseg c
where a.AWTYP='VBRK' and a.BLART='RV' and a.BUKRS='8431' and a.awkey=b.vbeln
and a.bukrs=c.bukrs and a.belnr=c.belnr and a.gjahr=c.gjahr and c.koart='S'
and c.ktosl is null and c.gsber='4466' and a.gjahr>='2011' and b.vtweg='01'
,trevenue as (
select t3.budat,t3.monat,t3.vtweg, t3.gjahr,t3.hkont,t3.prctr,
sum(t3.NTS) as NTS,t3.matnr,t3.kunnr,sum(t3.QUANTITY) as QUANTITY
from t3
group by t3.budat,t3.monat,t3.vtweg, t3.gjahr,t3.hkont,t3.prctr,t3.matnr,t3.kunnr
select NVL(tr.budat,tc.budat) as budat,
NVL(tr.monat,tc.monat) as monat,
NVL(tr.vtweg,tc.vtweg) as vtweg,
NVL(tr.gjahr, tc.gjahr) as gjahr,
tr.hkont as NTS_hkont,
tc.hkont as COGS_hkont,
NVL(tr.prctr,tc.prctr) as prctr,
NVL(tr.MATNR, tc.MATNR) as matnr,
NVL(tr.kunnr, tc.kunnr) as kunnr,
NVL(tr.Quantity, tc.Quantity) as Quantity,
tr.NTS as NTS,
tc.COGS as COGS
from trevenue TR full outer join tcogs TC
on TR.BUDAT=TC.BUDAT and TR.MONAT=TC.MONAT and TR.GJAHR=TC.GJAHR
and TR.MATNR=TC.MATNR and TR.KUNNR=TC.KUNNR and TR.QUANTITY=TC.QUANTITY
and TR.VTWEG=TC.VTWEG and TR.PRCTR=TC.PRCTR
Edited by: user13566113 on 25.03.2011 5:26

Without seeing what you tried it is hard to say what you did wrong, but this is how it would work
SQL> create table t ( n number );
Table created.
SQL> insert into t
2 with test_data as
3    (select 1 x from dual union all
4     select 2 x from dual union all
5     select 3 x from dual union all
6     select 4 x from dual)
7 select x from test_data;
4 rows created.
SQL>

Noob needs help with Logic and Motu live setup.

Hello everyone,
I'm a noob / semi noob who could use some help with a live setup using 2 MOTU 896HD's and Logic on a Mac.
Here's the scenario:
I teach an outdoor marching percussion section (a drumline and a front ensemble of marimbas and vibes). We have an amazing setup of live sound to amplify and enhance the mallet percussion. There is a yamaha PA system with 2 subs and 2 mains which are routed through a rack unit that processes the overall PA balance. I'm pretty sure that the unit is supposed to avoid feedback and do an overall cross-over EQ of the sound. Other then that unit, we have 2 motu896hd units which are routed via fire-wire. I also have a coax cable routing the output of the secondary box to the input of the primary box (digital i/o which converts to ADAT in (i think?)..?
Here's the confusion:
There are more then 8 inputs being used from the ensemble itself, so I need the 16 available inputs to be available in Logic. I was lead to believe that the 2nd motu unit would have to be sent digitally to the 1st motu unit via coax digital i/o. Once in Logic, however, I cannot find the signal or any input at all past the 8th input (of the 1st unit).
Here's the goal:
All of my performers and inputs routed via firewire into a Mac Mini running OSX and Logic pro.
I want to be able to use MainStage and run different patches of effects / virt. instruments for a midi controller keyboard / etc.
I want to be able to EQ and balance the ensemble via Logic.
Here's another question:
How much latency will I be dealing with? Would a mac mini with 4gb of ram be able to handle this load? With percussion, I obviously want the sound as latency free as possible. I also, however, want the flexibility of sound enhancement / modification that comes with Logic and the motu896hd units.
Any help would be REALLY appreciated. I need the routing assistance along with some direction as to whether or not this will work for this type of application. I'm pretty certain it does, as I have spoken with some other teachers in similar venues and they have been doing similar things using mac mini's / logic / mainstage / etc.
Thanks in advance,
Chris

You'll definitely want to read the manual to make sure the 896HDs are connected together properly. ADAT is a little tricky, it's not just a matter of cabling them together. Go to motunation.com if you need more guidance on connecting multiple devices. Beyond that initial hookup, here are a couple of quick suggestions:
1. Open CueMix and see if both devices are reported there. If not, your connections aren't correct. Be sure to select 44.1kHz as your sample rate, otherwise you are reducing the number of additional channels. For instance at 88.2kHz you would get half the additional channels via ADAT.
2. You may need to create an aggregate device for the MacBook to recognize more than the first 896HD. Lots of help on this forum for how to do that. Again, first make sure you have the 896HDs connected together properly.
3. As for latency with Mainstage on the Mini, no way to know until you try it. Generally MOTU is fantastic for low latency work but Mainstage is a question mark for a lot of users right now. If the Mini can't cut the mustard, you have a great excuse to upgrade to a MacBook Pro.

[Solved]Need help with backup-manager

So I'm trying to set up backup-manager to make.. well, backups. Their wiki has been shut down thanks to spammers, and ours has no specific entry for backup-manager, so I will have to do it with its man page and the (well documented) config file. However, I still have some questions. Sorry in advance for the amount of questions and the length of the topic. I just wanted to get this clear in one go.
First: I want to make a *full* system backup, so that I can restore my system in case of breakage without reinstalling. When I looked at creating backups in the past, I noticed some folders don't necessarily had to be backupped. What folders in / could I skip?
Second: I chose the tarball backup format. Would it then be safe to comment out all the other variables (for tarbal-incremental/mySQL) backups?
Third: Now there were some parts of the config file that I didn't understand. I hope you can explain some of those parts to me.
# Number of days we have to keep an archive (Time To Live)
export BM_ARCHIVE_TTL="5"
That means the archive it creates will be removed after 5 days - but what if I copy it to my external hard disk? I don't think it will delete it then, so would it be safe to comment this out - or what will it do if I just keep it this way?
# At which frequency will you build your archives?
# You can choose either "daily" or "hourly".
# This should match your CRON configuration.
export BM_ARCHIVE_FREQUENCY="daily"
I either want to make a backup when I want to, or weekly - not hourly or daily. Is this possible with backup-manager?
# Do you want to purge only the top-level directory or all
# directories under BM_REPOSITORY_ROOT?
export BM_REPOSITORY_RECURSIVEPURGE="false"
I don't understand that option. Could you explain me what it will do? Info: BM_REPOSITORY_ROOT is set to my home folder. It's the place where the archives are stored.
# Do you want to replace duplicates by symlinks?
# (archive-DAY is a duplicate of archive-(DAY - 1) if they
# are both the same according to MD5 hashes).
export BM_ARCHIVE_PURGEDUPS="true"
Will this harm anything in my system?
# Do you want to dereference the files pointed by symlinks ?
# enter true or false (true can lead to huge archives, be careful).
export BM_TARBALL_DUMPSYMLINKS="false"
This would 'destroy' all symlinks, no? I'm going to keep this at false, but I would like to know.
Last edited by Unia (2011-08-29 18:19:37)

Tried to do a selective upgrade & broke something this morning so I tried restoring my CompleteRaid0 backup, worked like a charm.
This is the latest backup script I'm using:
#!/bin/sh
# Little script to tar up the important root folders.
# To untar, use:
# tar -xvpzf /path/to/backup/<date>-backup.tar.gz -C </path/to/root>
echo "Do you want to clear pacman's cache before tarring up the root folder? This will save time in both the tar- and untar process."
echo -n "(y|N) > "
read a
if [[ "$a" = "n" ]] || [[ "$a" = "N" ]] || [[ "$a" = "" ]]; then
echo "Pacman's cache will not be cleared."
else
echo "Pacman's cache will be cleared now, please wait..."
pacman -Scc --noconfirm
echo "Pacman's cache succesfully cleared. Continuing now..."
sleep 2s
fi
DATE=`date +%m%d-%H%M%S`
CB=CompleteRaid0-$DATE.tar.gz
NB=FreshInstall-$DATE.tar.gz
echo "********************************************************************************"
echo "Proceeding with Fresh Install backup $NB."
echo "********************************************************************************"
sleep 5
cd /
tar -cvpzf $NB --one-file-system \
/boot \
--exclude=/$NB \
--exclude=/dev \
--exclude=/etc/fstab \
--exclude=/home \
--exclude=/lost+found \
--exclude=/media \
--exclude=/mnt \
--exclude=/proc \
--exclude=/root \
--exclude=/sys \
--exclude=/tmp \
mv $NB /home/chuck/Backups/
echo "********************************************************************************"
echo "Sleeping for 10 seconds."
echo "Proceeding with complete backup $CB."
echo "********************************************************************************"
sleep 5
tar -cvpzf $CB --one-file-system \
/boot \
--exclude=/$CB \
--exclude=/tmp \
--exclude=/mnt \
mv $CB /home/chuck/Backups/
echo "********************************************************************************"
echo "Backups Complete"
echo "********************************************************************************"
sleep 10
exit 0
Restored it with this:
#!/bin/sh
# To untar, use:
# tar -xvpzf /path/to/backup/<date>-backup.tar.gz -C </path/to/root>
tar -xvpzf /home/chuck/Backups/now.tar.gz -C /
mkdir /proc \
/lost+found \
/sys \
/mnt \
/media \
/mnt/bind/Downloads \
/mnt/bind/Pictures \
/mnt/bind/Maintenance \
/mnt/bind/Music \
/mnt/bind/Backups
exit 0
Of course the directories already existed so that part was unnecessary & only needed if I had restored onto a fresh installation.

Need help with Backup problems - anyone seen this before?

I am experiencing 2 primary problems:
1) When attempting a recent backup with HotSync on my desktop PC (Treo 700p, HotSync Manager v. 6.01, XP): I hadn't backed up for a few weeks, and this time it crashed sometime during the backup of the Calendar (and this behavior is repeated). So I then unchecked the backup of Calendar, but then it just hung on Contacts for about 15 minutes, so I realized it wasn't doing anything anymore (I have lots of contacts, but not not 15 minutes worth). At this point I gave up, but I obviously need to figure out how to make HotSync work again. Any ideas?
2) (not sure if this is the forum to address this): When using Backup Buddy v. 2.04 a couple of days ago, every time I tried to backup, it would get maybe 1/5th into the backup and crash and restart. I figured out in short order that Address.DB is what was causing the crash. [I tried to e-mail the file so I could examine it and save it, but just attaching it in SnapperMail made the device crash]. So I took the chance of deleting the Address.DB (as it seemed small and didn't appear to contain any backup information), and it looks like all of my information was retained. My question here is: two times since the initial problem, something has recreated Address.DB, which again causes the 700p to crash, so I have had to delete it again. So when is this file being (re)created, and what is the purpose of it?
An additional (minor) difficulty that I've had occur on a couple of occasions: After a recovery (where my BackupBuddy information was more current than my HotSync data), I restored, and all the calendar entries were double - 2 identical entries adjacent to one another. Has anyone seen this?
Thanks in advance -
B
Post relates to: Treo 700p (Verizon)

Sounds like the device has become corrupted.
Post relates to: None

Need help with mac and java

Hi, I'm trying to develop an application on a Machintosh OSX 10.2.8 machine.
I'm having a herrendous time trying to get quicktime to work on it.
I've somehow managed t oget 1.3.1 and QTJava.jar to work together but now i need encryption, however that requires 1.4+
Now 1.4.1 doesnt work with quicktime
I've downloaded the latest software upgrades but Ive got no idea how to set up quicktime to work with java 1.4.1
Now to add on top of that mac reports it can use AES encryption. this is from source code ripped striaght from this website.
But first and foremost can anyone, annyonee help me out with setting up 1.4.1 with quicktime?
Thank you

If you need encryption with Java 1.3.1, download the JCE from either Sun (http://java.sun.com/products/jce/) or Bouncy Castle (http://www.bouncycastle.org/).
Cheers,
--Arnout

Need help with backup files made by HP Recovery.

So in 2011 I had made a post about a DV9 series HP laptop I had that I felt needed a harddrive. Well the laptop has been sold to a friend of mine and he has since fixed the issue it had. My curent deboggle is trying to deal with the 36GB of data it backed up onto an external USB powered harddrive. The information was saved from a system that ran Windows VISTA, on that same DV9 Pavilion. I have a new laptop and it's a Pavilion DV6 running windows 7. Is there some sort of 3rd party application or an uncommon HP utility that can open, run or modify. Specificaly I need to some files but not all, but if my only option is to extract all then that would be fine also. There is an executible in the backup folder but it doesn't extract anything it just locks up.
For the TLR portion, need to access backup files made on an older HP laptop with windows vista to a newer HP latop running windows 7.

Terribly sorry for the post, I should have researched more before posting. I found the answer to my issue in another thread here on the HP forums! Thanks so much!!

Day one of my new MacBook Pro & I desparately need help with calendar and email

It's day one of my new relationship with a Mac, and I need help! I'd like to use microsoft exchange to sync my calendars to iCal & my emails the way I currently do with my iPhone 4 and iPad 2. The problem is that all I get are error messages. They either say that communication with the server cannot be established or communication to ports 80 & 440 cannot be established. One account I'd an ssl and the others are gmail. Please advise!

anyone? please? i would appreciate any information.

Need help with GetStringUTFChars and JAB

Please help,
I want to use the JNI function GetStringUTFChars with JAB (Java Access Bridge), without having to call JNI_CreateJavaVM as no matter what I do, JNI_CreateJavaVM fails. I have JAB successfully loaded, and I have used GetAccesibleFromHWND to get a valid jobect. Is there any way I can go from the jobect to use GetStringUTFChars?
If not, is the source code availabe for GetStringUTFChars? OR is there an Windows/C++ equivalent available?

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I need help with CSS and floating

Okay, I know I need to get up on CSS and get rid of tables in
my sites.
However, I'm running up against a problem, and after banging
my head
against it for a while, I realize I need help. I've stripped
this down
so as to only show the area where I'm having difficulty.
What I want is a page that has everything down the center,
taking up no
more than 750 pixels and no more than 550 pixels of width. No
problem there.
After the header and the top content, I'd like to have two
"columns",
each in it's own separately-colored box. I would like the
right-side
column/box to be a static size, while the left-side
column/box sizes
dynamically.
Where I'm having problems is that when one column is boxed,
it's fine,
but whenever I wrap each column in its own box, the
fixed-size box
either jumps below or above the other box (depending on which
one has
been floated and which order the div's appear in the code).
Here are the links:
CSS:
http://www.afice.org/stylesheet/floatmestyles.css
ex 1:
http://www.afice.org/floatme1.html
ex 2:
http://www.afice.org/floatme2.html
Before sending, I took a look again, just to see if I was
missing
anything. I did notice that it doesn't seem to be that the
box is
jumping down so much as it is that it's getting written over.
Anyway, sorry for the long-winded explanation. I hope I've
managed to
explain what I'm trying to do well enough that someone can
tell me where
I'm going wrong.
Thanks,
--Kevin

Do you want something like this:
http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/spointfooter.htm
You will need to look at the code to see how it was done.
Otherwise, there are different examples here on Pauls' site:
http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/3colfixedtest_4.htm
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"Kevin D-R" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Okay, I know I need to get up on CSS and get rid of
tables in my sites.
> However, I'm running up against a problem, and after
banging my head
> against it for a while, I realize I need help. I've
stripped this down so
> as to only show the area where I'm having difficulty.
>
> What I want is a page that has everything down the
center, taking up no
> more than 750 pixels and no more than 550 pixels of
width. No problem
> there.
>
> After the header and the top content, I'd like to have
two "columns", each
> in it's own separately-colored box. I would like the
right-side column/box
> to be a static size, while the left-side column/box
sizes dynamically.
>
> Where I'm having problems is that when one column is
boxed, it's fine, but
> whenever I wrap each column in its own box, the
fixed-size box either
> jumps below or above the other box (depending on which
one has been
> floated and which order the div's appear in the code).
>
> Here are the links:
>
> CSS:
http://www.afice.org/stylesheet/floatmestyles.css
>
> ex 1:
http://www.afice.org/floatme1.html
>
> ex 2:
http://www.afice.org/floatme2.html
>
> Before sending, I took a look again, just to see if I
was missing
> anything. I did notice that it doesn't seem to be that
the box is jumping
> down so much as it is that it's getting written over.
>
> Anyway, sorry for the long-winded explanation. I hope
I've managed to
> explain what I'm trying to do well enough that someone
can tell me where
> I'm going wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Kevin

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