On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:07:17 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > I burn my backups onto bootable live DVDs that include dar, as well as > > anything else I may need. When x86 compatible hardware is close to > > extinction, I will have to rethink this, if I'm still alive. > > > > Having said that, I've never looked at star, maybe I should (I'm not > > bothered about a GUI for a job that's handled by a cron task) > What do you do when your DVD no longer boots on the only working > hardware? What do you do if you cannot compile dar on the OS that late > runs on your machines?
I stop using dar on DVDs. I call them bootable DVDs because I know they boot. Or I use my offsite backups, I'm far too paranoid to trust to one backup method. > dar still does not compile out of the box because the configure srcipt > aborts and needs manual fixes, so dar cannot be called a piece of > highly portable software. It's a;ways worked fine for me, but, as I mentioned, I'll give star a go some time. I installed it this morning but the delay between installing a new piece of software and using it is highly variable. -- Neil Bothwick First Law of Laboratory Work: Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass.
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