JPH wrote: > - install a fresh system > - recover the files from back up
> JP Another approach is to image the system partition(s) with something like Partimage: http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page ... when you first configure the system (i.e., before there are any problems). This is another place where having the system and data files on different partitions is helpful (in keeping the imaging process fast and the image file small). Of course, you will probably want to update that image periodically (say, when you install a new kernel and have to reboot anyway). When you have a drive failure, you can restore the system image to a new drive, then restore your Dirvish backups for the data. Whether or not it is more hassle than doing a clean OS install when there is a failure is probably debatable. It might be a slightly faster recovery. -- Andrew Crawford _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
