On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 06:39:40PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 03:21:33PM -0500, Phil Howard wrote: > > > > | That functionality (if it will be created) should IMHO be optional, > > > > Absolutely. If you want to use it, specify in the configuration. If you > > don't want to use it, don't specify it. > >
> > Phil, > what advantage(s) do you forsee in amanda's use of raw disk > devices as opposed to files on the native filesystem. > > It certainly would destroy one of amanda's features, > the ability to easily recover backup data using > standard unix utilities without amanda software. In addition, it would make bare metal recovery more difficult. If you back up to a file system any Linux live CD (finnix, knoppix...) can read, recovery is easy: the tools you need are already on the live CD. The tools include a suitable file system driver for the partition. Back up to a bare partition, and you would need special tricks or possibly special software to read it. That alone looses my interest. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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