> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected], [email protected], >[email protected] >Subject: Re: Re (2): lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test >grub2") >Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:45 -0400 (EDT) > >>On Tue, 25 May 2010 11:51:11 -0400 (EDT), Mark <[email protected]> >>> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Stephen Powell ><[email protected]>wrote: >>>> On Mon, 24 May 2010 17:29:54 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: >>>>> Stephen Powell wrote: >>>>>> (3) The need for special backup requirements will be >>>>>> used by the opponents of Linux at my place of employment >>>>>> to oppose further deployments of Linux, ... >>>>> >>>>> What about the carrot approach? Find an even better >>>>> backup method, compatible with Grub 2 and appealing >>>>> to your management for its efficiency. >>>> >>>> You're missing the point. The main selling point to management >>>> is that Linux is free. ... >>> >>> Clonezilla is free, and when using the "saveparts" option to save >an image >>> of one partition and not the full hard drive, it includes the MBR >and >>> associated data. You can then drop that partition image onto a >new/blank >>> disk, that does not have anything in the MBR, and once Clonezilla >restores >>> the image to the new partition, will put the MBR in place and the >machine >>> boots on its own the next time, with no extra work (I just did >this last >>> week with a new hard drive). This has been my experience with >using >>> Clonezilla and Lenny, at least. So it may help in your case. >> >>Perhaps so. But it's not what the backup people know. They're very >>comfortable with the backup software that they know and love for >>backing up their Windows servers, which was purchased with Windows >servers >>in mind. Do you think they're going to redo their whole backup >architecture >>just for a few Linux servers? If I want to play in their sandbox, I >have >>to play by their rules. That's the political reality. At our shop, >Linux >>has a small beachhead on a vast continent controlled by Windows. >Over time, >>the role of Linux may expand to the point where Linux is actually >thought >>about and planned for when decisions are made. But that day is not >today. >> >>-- >> .''`. Stephen Powell >> : :' : >> `. `'` >> `- >> >> +1 I have been where Steven is and agree with his approach. Larry >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[email protected] >>Archive: http://lists.debian.org/479605722.42620.1274806845480.JavaM >[email protected] >> >>
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