On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 02:54:38PM -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 03:19:01PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > > Well, debian has different requirements re licensing of modules. Your > > > > guess may be wrong if HP has provided a propriatary module for the > > > > kernel that e.g. suse has included in its kernel but debian can't > > > > include. For some things (e.g. the nVidia driver), you can still get an > > > > install done and add a module later; for the boot drive that becomes a > > > > bit of a problem :) > > I understand what a boot drive is now. But I still do not understand why > 'for the boot drive that becomes a bit of a problem'. particularly I > don't understand what 'that' refers to. Does that mean I will fail to > install lenny on it or adding module on boot drive is more of a problem?
If the kernel needs a module to find the drive which will be the boot drive, then the installer kernel would need the module before the installer could find the disk on which to install. I don't know if the installer program has a means of adding a module then rescanning for hard drives. > > 3. Copy the data from the backup server to some remote location > > either with removable media or a second backup server at a > > remote location. A lot of this depends on the size of the > > backup set and your options of remote location. I keep a backup > > in the bank's safety deposit box. > > safety deposit box? are you serious:) so how to vent the heat? I don't keep a backup server in the safety deposit box :), I keep the backup media. In this case, big USB stick (hard drives don't fit and sticks are cheaper and more rugged than LTO-1 tapes [and no separate drive required]). > I will put the backup machine in a different building. Apparently, a number of data centers in the World Trade Centre had their off-site backup in the other tower. Keep that in mind when you choose the "different building". Another consideration: Imagine that all you have is the backup media. What info will you need to use that media to recreate the entire system? Will you need any printed documentation to access the data on the media? Will you need any special hardware (e.g. a tape drive of a particular model) to access the media? Is the data encrypted? What happens if the media is lost or stolen? Here, "media" could be your disk array; they still fit in a backpack. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
