On Fri, 21 May 2010, Tim Wescott wrote: > Dirvish.org lists version 1.2.1 "Baby step incremental" and 1.3.1 > "Experimental only". The web site doesn't seem to have been updated since > 2008.
Use the 1.2.1 version. It works and it's rock solid. Germane to versions, if it works then the version doesn't matter. More than a dozen years ago I bought a network license for BRU as my backup software (to tape; I've not tried it to disk but I suppose it would work with any medium). Eventually I stopped paying for upgrades as my situation was well handled with the all the versions I used. When I moved from BRU and the Tandberg tapes to dirvish and the external USB drive BRU was still at version 17.0 from 2007. > And I recall a talk that Kieth gave a _long_ time ago pointing out that > Dirvish had trouble with USB drives. That must be fixed as it's been working flawlessly here for months. > My intent is to keep two USB drives, and swap which one is plugged into > the server every night. So instead of sneakernet to swap drives you'll use rubber boot net. If there are no directions on the web site's HOWTO a question to the list will be answered by Keith or someone else who will guide you. > If possible I'd like to bring several other computers -- including the > server -- into the fold. Wife and elder son both have laptops, even if > they are Windows machines, and there's a "family" computer that gets > heavily used by younger son. I'd like them to be able to back up to their > own spaces. > > So -- you still recommending Dirvish? Yup. Each machine would have it's own 'bank.' And each can have its own backup scheme and backup lifetimes. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
