Thankyou so much Lee for your detailed reply. I appreciate them very much :-)
On 5/6/05, Lee Braiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 06 May 2005 10:33, Siju George wrote: > > Undeleting files shouldn't be part of a "strategy". At best, it's a last > resort. If it actually works, it's a *lucky* last resort. A combination of > backing up your important files (always a good idea), setting rm to be > interactive, and/or using the recycle bin/trashcan on your desktop instead of > a permanent deletion would be a much better way to go. > actually I don't run a GUI on this machine because it is a server that hosts some PHP website development. > Faubackup is pretty easy, if you want a *very* low maintenance backup > solution. Basically, you just edit it's config file for how many snapshots > you want to keep as backups (the last week, or the last three weeks, or every > month in the last year, etc.), and then edit the cron script for which > directories to backup. You'll then get a backup directory that keeps files > from those times. If you delete a file, just go to the backup directory, and > retrieve yesterday's copy. > Thanks a lot Lee for introducing Faubackup. I am going to try it. I heard of another software called Bacula. How do you compare both?? which is better?? > Most of all though: be careful! :D > yes :-) > > ext2? ext3? ReiserFS? JFS? > > Personally, I prefer XFS. ReiserFS is a good choice too, but I still have > stability concerns regarding Reiser. > Presently I am using Ext3 is XFS better than Ext3?? Will I be able to get the option to install XFS while installing from the Woody 3.0r5 CD? Or should I do something else to get XFS??? Thanks a lot once again for your reply :-) kind regards Siju
