On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > What good is a backup if you cannot recover the data after a crash? > That's what I had happen to me. Most backup systems store the database > info on the disk, and will very likely make it hard to restore the system. > I found a rescue disk that has the option to include tob (in your list) > and this is supposed to work with tar and afio style backups. I find this > a major plus. As an extra it does remote backups, full, differential and > incremental backups. Of course it is also a matter of personal taste.
my 2 e| (no euro symbol available :)): I use dump/restore and pipe it through gzip to get compressed archive files. Dump/restore is on rescue floppies and is made to respect special file permssions e.g. in root file systems. That means that if you make a dump and your system incuding your own rescue discs and install CDs bursts into flames you should still be able to completely restore from fresh boot floppies. Cheers, Stefan ---Stefan Kluth---------------Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter----------- - MPI fuer Physik - phone: +49 89 32354 468 - OPAL& - - Foehringer Ring 6 - fax: +49 89 32354 305 - ATLAS - ---D-80805 Munich, Germany----e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
