Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-26 Thread Gary Roach
On 11/24/2012 03:28 PM, Michael Stowe wrote: >> I've been using Debian Linux for about 15 year. I spent 5 years as a >> programmer and about 40 year working with computers. I do no how to read >> documentation. I wrote enough of it in my work career. My degree in >> mathematics doesn't hurt either.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-24 Thread Michael Stowe
> I've been using Debian Linux for about 15 year. I spent 5 years as a > programmer and about 40 year working with computers. I do no how to read > documentation. I wrote enough of it in my work career. My degree in > mathematics doesn't hurt either. Tone down your rhetoric a little. I assume "I d

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > > Or, spend a few minutes learning the documentation conventions when > starting with a new operating system. Knowing things like what []'s > and ... mean when shown as command usage (and that the lack of []'s > means an argument is not option

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-24 Thread Gary Roach
On 11/24/2012 09:32 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Gary Roach wrote: PS: I don't want to tease you, but when deploying a backup system, the first thing to check is if restore works as expected and has all the needed stuff. And one should do that well before one ne

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Gary Roach wrote: > > PS: I don't want to tease you, but when deploying a backup system, the first > thing to check is if restore works as expected and has all the needed stuff. > And one should do that well before one needs it... > > Yes. Anyone doing backup work

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-23 Thread Gary Roach
On 11/22/2012 02:45 PM, Michael Stowe wrote: > >> Hi >> >> This is the second time around for restore problems. I need to do a full >> restore and am having problems building the tar file. I am no longer >> willing to fool with the command line method. I spent days trying to get >> things to wo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-23 Thread Gary Roach
On 11/22/2012 12:32 PM, Arnold Krille wrote: Hi, On Thursday 22 November 2012 11:58:16 Gary Roach wrote: This is the second time around for restore problems. I need to do a full restore and am having problems building the tar file. I am no longer willing to fool with the command line method

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-22 Thread Michael Stowe
> Hi > > This is the second time around for restore problems. I need to do a full > restore and am having problems building the tar file. I am no longer > willing to fool with the command line method. I spent days trying to get > things to work. I don't have time to fiddle with it any more. I find

Re: [BackupPC-users] Full restore problems.

2012-11-22 Thread Arnold Krille
Hi, On Thursday 22 November 2012 11:58:16 Gary Roach wrote: > This is the second time around for restore problems. I need to do a full > restore and am having problems building the tar file. I am no longer > willing to fool with the command line method. I spent days trying to get > things to work.