On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, x x wrote:
> Hi! Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software combination
> to use to make frequent FULL backups of a Debian system (operating
> system, "applications", and data). I asked recently at a fairly large
> Linux group meeting, and everyone seemed sup
> > There is one MAJOR flaw with tar. If there is an error anywhere in the
> > archive, ALL files after the error are lost. Better to use afio instead of
> > tar. At most you will loose only the file where the error is.
>
> Use the option: --ignore-failed-read.
This will not work if the tape is cr
virtanen wrote:
> > I don't backup system files. I backup kernels, /etc and
> > /var/lib/dpkg/status* files. I also collect a list of installed
> > debs I can reinstall from CD:
> >
> > # dpkg --get-selections > /backup/debian.selections
> >
> > Peter
>
> I managed to get an iomega zip-drive
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
>
> > David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > The very idea of all one's system software in a set of homogeneous
> > > .deb files is probably foreign to most unix administrators.
> >
> > Only those with "home brew"
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 06:25:28PM -0500, x x wrote:
> Hi! Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software combination to
> use to make frequent FULL backups of a Debian system (operating system,
> "applications", and data).
[...]
> I have thought about trying to use a CD-RW device,
Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
> David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The very idea of all one's system software in a set of homogeneous
> > .deb files is probably foreign to most unix administrators.
>
> Only those with "home brew" systems. In institutional settings it's
> also a matter of w
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, George Bonser wrote:
> There is one MAJOR flaw with tar. If there is an error anywhere in the
> archive, ALL files after the error are lost. Better to use afio instead of
> tar. At most you will loose only the file where the error is.
Use the option: --ignore-failed-read.
(th
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quoting Gary L. Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > I guess I don't see the logic here. If one of the binaries on your
> > backup has a Trojan that, presumably, means that before you did the
> > backup you were running a system that had a Trojan. I would ass
Quoting Gary L. Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, x x wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > > Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software
> > > combination to use to make frequent FULL backups
> > > of a Debian system
> > > (op
> "x" == x x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
x> [1 ] Hi! Could
x> anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software combination to
x> use to make frequent FULL backups of a Debian system
x> (operating system, "applications", and data). I asked
x> recently a
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, x x wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> > Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software
> > combination to use to make frequent FULL backups
> > of a Debian system
> > (operating system, "applications", and data).
> > I asked recen
On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 06:25:28PM -0500, x x wrote:
> Hi!
> Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software combination to use to
> make frequent FULL backups of a Debian system (operating system,
> "applications", and data). I asked recently at a fairly large Linux group
> meetin
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, x x wrote:
> Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software combination to
> use to make frequent FULL backups of a Debian system (operating
> system, "applications", and data). I asked recently at a fairly large
Over the long haul a tape drive is probably the c
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