Thanks for the reply and the useful explanations (and the expression of
limitation of your personal knowledge). I will add one question / comment
down below:
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 10:23:54 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> For most people, it comes down to "when you can't write to the device
>
Hi,
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > Remember, tar was designed for magnetic tapes,
> > > which are read sequentially. It provides no way for a reader to learn
> > > that file xyz is at byte offset 31337 and that it should skip ahead to
> > > that point if it only wants that one file.
rhkra...@gmail.c
On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 09:51:59 -0500
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Again, I assume (I know what assume does) that "USB mass-storage
> device that acts like a hard drive" is (or might be) a pen drive type
> of device. I've had a lot of bad luck (well, more bad luck than I'd
> like) with that kind of d
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 09:51:59AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Just to confirm, I assume that is true ("no way to skip ahead to byte 31337")
> even if the underlying media is a (somewhat random access) disk instead of
> (serial access) tape?
Correct. There's no central index inside the t
Thanks for addressing this -- I have a few questions I want to ask for my own
edification / clarification:
On Thursday, December 26, 2019 08:18:12 AM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> The drawback of using tar is that it creates an *archive* of files -- that
> is, a single file (or byte stream) that contain
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 08:18:12AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 11:07:22AM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> > > I was amazed that nobody yet considered tar.
Sorry... that sentence was actually written by Franco Martelli. I
replied to the wrong email.
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 11:07:22AM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> > I was amazed that nobody yet considered tar.
The best use case for tar is creating a full backup to removable media
(magnetic tapes are literally what it was designed for -- the "t" stands
for tape).
The drawback of using tar
On 2019-12-25 08:42, Franco Martelli wrote:
On 18/12/19 at 18:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
backup "system" and use it, an
On 18/12/19 at 18:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
> so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
> backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about tha
On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:11:07 -0600
Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Thanks for the tips!
Sure! Let us know if you hack together anything interesting.
Celejar
Thanks for the tips!
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On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:25:24 -0600
Nate Bargmann wrote:
> I also use rsnapshot on this machine to backup to another drive in the
> same case. I'd thought about off site, perhaps AWS or such but haven't
> spent enough time trying to figure out how I might do that with
> rsnapshot.
One way to do
Am 18.12.19 um 18:02 schrieb rhkra...@gmail.com:
> A purpose of sending this to the mailing-list is to find out if there already
> exists a solution (or parts of a solution) close to what I'm thinking about
> (no sense re-inventing the wheel), or if someone thinks I've overlooked
> something or
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, December 20, 2019 09:40:28 PM songbird wrote:
>> Kenneth Parker wrote:
>
>> > Could you please ship me a personal email, on how you configured gmane
>> > and LKML to read debian-user?
>
>> i'd rather post public messages as that way if anyone
>> else is read
On 12/20/19 7:40 PM, songbird wrote:
[snip] ...[configuring gmane to read debian-user]
>
> gmane is a mail to usenet gateway service.
>
> when you install leafnode and your favorite newsreader
> and get them configured you will still have to download
> an active list from the news service
On Friday, December 20, 2019 09:40:28 PM songbird wrote:
> Kenneth Parker wrote:
> > Could you please ship me a personal email, on how you configured gmane
> > and LKML to read debian-user?
> i'd rather post public messages as that way if anyone
> else is reading along or searching they can als
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 9:41 PM songbird wrote:
> Kenneth Parker wrote:
> >songbird wrote:
> ...
> >> check out eternal-september.org :) no binaries. just
> >> text. that is all i want to read anyways.
>
You may see a sea7kenp username pop up occasionally.
> Could you please ship me a p
Kenneth Parker wrote:
>songbird wrote:
...
>> check out eternal-september.org :) no binaries. just
>> text. that is all i want to read anyways.
>>
>
> Thanks! Name Servers couldn't find it without the "www" in front. I am
> investigating it now.
>
> Not likely to get too far down the nntp "
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 7:47 PM songbird wrote:
> Kenneth Parker wrote:
> > songbird wrote:
> ...
> >> i only use a few commands regularly and have them either
> >> aliased or stuck in history for me in my .bashrc
> >> (i start every session by history -c to get rid of
> >> anything and then us
Kenneth Parker wrote:
> songbird wrote:
...
>> i only use a few commands regularly and have them either
>> aliased or stuck in history for me in my .bashrc
>> (i start every session by history -c to get rid of
>> anything and then use history -s "command" so pretty
>> much my routine when signing
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 11:29 AM songbird wrote:
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> ...
> > History expansion is a bloody nightmare. I recommend simply turning
> > it off and living without it. Of course, that's a personal preference,
> > and you're free to continue banging your head against it, if you f
On 19/12/19 4:02 am, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a little,
I
On 2019-12-19 21:04, David Christensen wrote:
So, ~47 snapshots of ~892 GB of data. That is ~51 TB.
Correction -- 42 TB.
David
On 2019-12-19 09:45, ghe wrote:
How about writing a little script for rsync saying how you want it to
backup, what to backup, and what not to backup and set cron jobs for
when you want it to run. In the cron jobs, tell it to write to different
directories, so to keep several days or backups.
T
I also use rsnapshot on this machine to backup to another drive in the
same case. I'd thought about off site, perhaps AWS or such but haven't
spent enough time trying to figure out how I might do that with
rsnapshot.
- Nate
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"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all
possible wo
On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:45:22 -0700
ghe wrote:
> How about writing a little script for rsync saying how you want it to
> backup, what to backup, and what not to backup and set cron jobs for
> when you want it to run. In the cron jobs, tell it to write to
> different directories, so to keep several
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:02:56 -0500
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
> so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
> backup "system" and use it, and I'v
How about writing a little script for rsync saying how you want it to
backup, what to backup, and what not to backup and set cron jobs for
when you want it to run. In the cron jobs, tell it to write to different
directories, so to keep several days or backups.
Not as smart as amanda (it'll backu
Greg Wooledge wrote:
...
> History expansion is a bloody nightmare. I recommend simply turning
> it off and living without it. Of course, that's a personal preference,
> and you're free to continue banging your head against it, if you feel
> that the times it helps you outweigh the times that it
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 08:51:51AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:03:57AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > home=$
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 09:47:03AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> So this "if" means:
>
> if ## if
> test ##
> -z "$home" ## the value of $home is empty
> -o ## or
> \! ## there is NOT
> -d "$home" ## a directory named "$home"
>
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:03:57AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > home=${HOME:-~}
>
> It will set the variable 'home' to the value of the variab
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 09:53:46AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > ...
> > >> if test -z "$home" -o \! -d "$home" ; then
The main issue here is that the use of the binary -o and -a operators
in "test" or "[" is not portable. It might work in bash's implementation
of test (sometimes), but you
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 10:38:26PM -0500, songbird wrote:
> rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> ...
> >> if test -z "$home" -o \! -d "$home" ; then
> >
> > What does the -o \! do -- hmm, I guess \! is a bash "refeence" to the owner
> > --
> no, -o is logical or in that context.
Yes, exactly: it's no
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 09:42:21PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied!
>
> This script (or elements of it) looks useful to me, but I don't fully
> understand it -- I plan to work my way through it -- I have a few questions
> now, I'm sure I will have more after I get pa
On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > #!/bin/bash
> > home=${HOME:-~}
>
> What does that line do, or more specifically, what does the :-~ do -- note
> the
> following:
It will set the variable 'home
On 2019-12-18 09:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a littl
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
...
>> if test -z "$home" -o \! -d "$home" ; then
>
> What does the -o \! do -- hmm, I guess \! is a bash "refeence" to the owner
> --
no, -o is logical or in that context.
the backslash is just protecting the ! operator
which is the not operator on what follows.
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:02:56 -0500
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I
> should, so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to
> write my own backup "system" and use it, and I've
Thanks to all who replied!
This script (or elements of it) looks useful to me, but I don't fully
understand it -- I plan to work my way through it -- I have a few questions
now, I'm sure I will have more after I get past the first 3 (or more
encouraging to me, first 6) lines.
Questions below:
ing for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a little, and provide
some of my thoughts below.
A purpose of sending this to the mailing-list is to find out if there already
exists a solution (or parts of a soluti
On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 12:02:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
> so I'm looking for ways to improve [...]
> Part of the reason for doing my own is that I don't want to be trapped into
> using a system that might
On 18/12/2019 17:02, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a littl
d,
> so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
> backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a little, and
> provide
> some of my thoughts below.
>
> A purpose of sending this to the mailing-list is to find out if t
Aside / Admission: I don't backup all that I should and as often as I should,
so I'm looking for ways to improve. One thought I have is to write my own
backup "system" and use it, and I've thought about that a little, and provide
some of my thoughts below.
A purpo
On 07/10/16 23:19, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> I don't know whether dirvish does something to improve matters, but with
> hard link trees, if you have lots of little files (such as Maildir archives
> of busy mailing lists like LKML), the amount of space consumed by the file
> system metadata to repre
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 10:55:44PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 09:32:02AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > Am I being unreasonable? You are certainly more of an expert than I - I
> > suppose you find that it is quality software, and better than
> > rsnapshot, despite basically
On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 09:32:02AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> Interesting, thanks. I've been using rsnapshot for years, and am
> basically satisfied with it, although the performance when run on my
> T61 laptop (backing up to a (slow) USB external disk) is indeed painful
> (I do have largeish Maildirs
On Mon, 3 Oct 2016 10:48:57 +0100
Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:37:31AM +0200, mo wrote:
> > Make a long story short:
> > Have you guys a recommendation for me?
> > Is there a specific application you use for your backups guys?
>
> rdiff-backup[1]. I don't know what your N
On Wed, Oct 05, 2016 at 03:06:58PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> Can you elaborate on the performance issues? I'm using dirvish for my
> maildirs (dovecot imap server), without noticeable problems.
I don't know whether dirvish does something to improve matters, but with
hard link trees, if you ha
On 05/10/16 16:03, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> Hi, Richard.
>
> On 04/10/16 23:06, Richard Hector wrote:
>
>> My current challenge is to back up windows boxes - if I can get
>> rsync to work (maybe DeltaCopy? Not sure if that will work how I
>> want), I guess I'll be stuck doing a local rsync of a sm
Hi, Richard.
On 04/10/16 23:06, Richard Hector wrote:
> My current challenge is to back up windows boxes - if I can get rsync to
> work (maybe DeltaCopy? Not sure if that will work how I want), I guess
> I'll be stuck doing a local rsync of a smbfs mount ... unless someone
> has a better suggesti
On 04/10/16 01:45, Markus Grunwald wrote:
> Hello Teemu,
>
>>> rsync, whilst an awesome piece of software, is not, on its own, a
>>> backup system.
>>
>> Yes. With some scripting I think "rsync" with "--link-dest" is quite
>> idea
I have moved from simple scripts to simple scripts with zbackup in them :)
Then I rsync the zbackup directories from different machines to my
central backup disks (and distribute from there to cloud storage and
off-site disks).
zbackup supports deduplication and encryption, and is really a n
On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 02:59:19PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> Yes. With some scripting I think "rsync" with "--link-dest" is quite
> ideal for incremental backups. Unchanged files are created as hard links
> for the previous backup files. Every backup generation is just a normal
> and complete f
Hello Teemu,
> > rsync, whilst an awesome piece of software, is not, on its own, a
> > backup system.
>
> Yes. With some scripting I think "rsync" with "--link-dest" is quite
> ideal for incremental backups. Unchanged files are created as hard links
>
Jonathan Dowland [2016-10-03 10:48:57+01] wrote:
> rsync, whilst an awesome piece of software, is not, on its own, a
> backup system.
Yes. With some scripting I think "rsync" with "--link-dest" is quite
ideal for incremental backups. Unchanged files are created as h
;d also
consider looking at Obnam[2], and I'd avoid rsnapshot if I were you (it
falls over with large quantities of files, such as mailboxes, and rdiff-backup
basically does the same job but better).
rsync, whilst an awesome piece of software, is not, on its own, a backup
system.
When ev
On 10/02/2016 08:50 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Am 01.10.2016 um 23:06 schrieb Bob Weber:
>>> Like I said backuppc uses incremental and full backups. The web
>>> interface lets you browse any backup (inc or full) and you see all the
>>> files backed up. I set the incremental for each day up
> Am 01.10.2016 um 23:06 schrieb Bob Weber:
> > Like I said backuppc uses incremental and full backups. The web
> > interface lets you browse any backup (inc or full) and you see all the
> > files backed up. I set the incremental for each day up to a week. So I
> > have up to 7 of them. The ful
Am 02.10.2016 um 12:55 schrieb Dan Purgert:
mo wrote:
Am 02.10.2016 um 02:47 schrieb Dan Purgert:
mo wrote:
Maybe this is a little OT, but what kind of backup strategy would you
guys recommend? (Any advice Gene? :) )
If it *must* survive, 3-2-1 is the way to go.
3 copies (Original, Backup
mo wrote:
> Am 02.10.2016 um 02:47 schrieb Dan Purgert:
>> mo wrote:
>>> Maybe this is a little OT, but what kind of backup strategy would you
>>> guys recommend? (Any advice Gene? :) )
>>
>> If it *must* survive, 3-2-1 is the way to go.
>>
>> 3 copies (Original, Backup, and Backup of the Backup)
>
Am 02.10.2016 um 02:47 schrieb Dan Purgert:
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mo wrote:
Maybe this is a little OT, but what kind of backup strategy would you
guys recommend? (Any advice Gene? :) )
If it *must* survive, 3-2-1 is the way to go.
3 copies (Original, Backup, and Bac
Am 01.10.2016 um 23:06 schrieb Bob Weber:
Like I said backuppc uses incremental and full backups. The web
interface lets you browse any backup (inc or full) and you see all the
files backed up. I set the incremental for each day up to a week. So I
have up to 7 of them. The full can kept for
On Saturday 01 October 2016 13:54:29 Clive Menzies wrote:
> On 01/10/16 18:40, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 01 October 2016 12:39:58 Clive Menzies wrote:
> >> Quick question. Are your backups incremental or complete every
> >> night?
> >
> > This is probably better explained in the manpages
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mo wrote:
> Maybe this is a little OT, but what kind of backup strategy would you
> guys recommend? (Any advice Gene? :) )
If it *must* survive, 3-2-1 is the way to go.
3 copies (Original, Backup, and Backup of the Backup)
2 different media types (s
Like I said backuppc uses incremental and full backups. The web interface lets
you browse any backup (inc or full) and you see all the files backed up. I set
the incremental for each day up to a week. So I have up to 7 of them. The full
can kept for for however long you want. I currently keep
Am 01.10.2016 um 21:37 schrieb Glenn English:
On Oct 1, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 01 October 2016 08:40:35 Mark Fletcher wrote:
I know Gene is a fan of Amanda, I have it on my list to try it out
myself based on positive remarks he has made about it in the past.
Maybe this is a little OT, but what kind of backup strategy would you
guys recommend? (Any advice Gene? :) )
Am 01.10.2016 um 14:20 schrieb Dan Purgert:
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mo wrote:
As the title say i'm in search for a backup application/system.
Currently i manage my backups with a little script that i wrote... but
it does not really serve my needs anymore.
I want to be ab
Am 01.10.2016 um 18:22 schrieb Gene Heskett:
On Saturday 01 October 2016 08:40:35 Mark Fletcher wrote:
On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:37:31AM +0200, mo wrote:
Hi Debian users :)
Information:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release:8.6
Codename:
> On Oct 1, 2016, at 11:54 AM, Clive Menzies wrote:
>
> We don't install GUIs on our servers; can this be managed from individual
> workstations?
I'm not sure, but I think Amanda was written before GUIs existed :-)
--
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> On Oct 1, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> On Saturday 01 October 2016 08:40:35 Mark Fletcher wrote:
>
>> I know Gene is a fan of Amanda, I have it on my list to try it out
>> myself based on positive remarks he has made about it in the past.
Yeah. Amanda's a good solution. I use i
On 01/10/16 18:40, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 01 October 2016 12:39:58 Clive Menzies wrote:
Quick question. Are your backups incremental or complete every night?
This is probably better explained in the manpages. Amanda has the concept
of doing a full backup of everything in its disklist
On Saturday 01 October 2016 12:39:58 Clive Menzies wrote:
> On 01/10/16 17:22, Gene Heskett wrote
>
> > Yeppers! It runs in the wee hours of the night here, for an hour or
> > so. Currently backing up this machine, and 3 more on my little home
> > network here, using its own unique, distribute the
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mo wrote:
> As the title say i'm in search for a backup application/system.
> Currently i manage my backups with a little script that i wrote... but
> it does not really serve my needs anymore.
> I want to be able to make backups on my main PC and als
On 01/10/16 17:22, Gene Heskett wrote
Yeppers! It runs in the wee hours of the night here, for an hour or so.
Currently backing up this machine, and 3 more on my little home network
here, using its own unique, distribute the nightly load to equalize as
much a it can given its list of what to back
On Saturday 01 October 2016 08:40:35 Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:37:31AM +0200, mo wrote:
> > Hi Debian users :)
> >
> > Information:
> > Distributor ID: Debian
> > Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
> > Release:8.6
> > Codename: jessie
> >
> > As the
On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 10:46:07AM -0400, Bob Weber wrote:
> I use backuppc. It is web browser based setup and usage. It takes
> incremental
> and full backups that can remain as long as you want or have space for. It
> can
> browse files by name or in a version mode where you can see the date
Has someone experience with Bacula?
I heard good things about it, although i never looked into it... maybe
someone has and can give me his report on it :)
Am 01.10.2016 um 16:46 schrieb Bob Weber:
I use backuppc. It is web browser based setup and usage. It takes
incremental and full backups that can remain as long as you want or have
space for. It can browse files by name or in a version mode where you
can see the date where a file changed and
I use backuppc. It is web browser based setup and usage. It takes incremental
and full backups that can remain as long as you want or have space for. It can
browse files by name or in a version mode where you can see the date where a
file changed and restore an earlier version if you want (or to
Am 01.10.2016 um 14:40 schrieb Mark Fletcher:
On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:37:31AM +0200, mo wrote:
Hi Debian users :)
Information:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release:8.6
Codename: jessie
As the title say i'm in search for a backup applic
On Sat, Oct 01, 2016 at 11:37:31AM +0200, mo wrote:
> Hi Debian users :)
>
> Information:
> Distributor ID: Debian
> Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
> Release: 8.6
> Codename: jessie
>
> As the title say i'm in search for a backup application/system.
> Currently i manag
Hi Debian users :)
Information:
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release:8.6
Codename: jessie
As the title say i'm in search for a backup application/system.
Currently i manage my backups with a little script that i wrote... but
it does not real
Not quite OT :-
For a Debian Live recovery (or install) distro try SalineOS (XFCE desktop)
http://www.salineos.com/
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:38:33 -0700, peasthope wrote:
> * From: Camaleón * Date: Mon, 18 Jun
2012
> 15:52:11 + (UTC)
>> Well, that's what LiveCDs and USB sticks with a running system are
>> aimed for, ...
>
> Starting from functional cold hardware with a LiveCD or USB stick,
> appro
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 05:38:33PM -0700, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote:
>
> * From: Camaleón
> * Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:52:11 + (UTC)
> > Well, that's what LiveCDs and USB sticks with a running system are aimed
> > for, ...
>
> Starting from functional cold hardware with a LiveCD or
* From: Camaleón
* Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:52:11 + (UTC)
> Well, that's what LiveCDs and USB sticks with a running system are aimed for,
> ...
Starting from functional cold hardware with a LiveCD or
USB stick, approximately how much time is needed to put
a reference document
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:47:11 -0700, peasthope wrote:
> From: Camaleon
> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:52:11 + (UTC)
>> Well, that's what LiveCDs and USB sticks with a running system are
>> aimed for, to be a lifesaver when your main system cannot boot or is
>> completely hosed.
>
> Yes, I'm flau
From: Camaleon
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:52:11 + (UTC)
> Well, that's what LiveCDs and USB sticks with a running system are aimed
> for, to be a lifesaver when your main system cannot boot or is completely
> hosed.
Yes, I'm flaunting a prejudice.
Also a spare Debian system could be kep
From: peasth...@shaw.ca
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:25:02 -0700
> This weekend I arrived home to find the Debian Squeeze system
> unable to accept a login.
Turns out that I inflicted the problem by creating udev
rules for the purpose of making the Unibrain Fire-i camera
work.
peter@joule:
y to two but want to mention that my
> backup system in such circumstances is ETH Native Oberon.
> http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/
>
> It receives and sends email, browses the Web sufficiently for
> troubleshooting the Linux system and is unsophisticated and superbly
> reliable. Me
lving the problem for a day to two but want
to mention that my backup system in such circumstances
is ETH Native Oberon. http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/
It receives and sends email, browses the Web
sufficiently for troubleshooting the Linux system and
is unsophisticated and superbly rel
On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 06:08:04PM -0800, Gary Roach wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for all of the help last time . I installed Backupninja
> easily. After getting it running I realized that it didn't quite do
> what I wanted. I was looking for a package that could be installed
> in the server with little n
Hi Gary!
Am 10.02.2012 03:08, schrieb Gary Roach:
>
>
> Thanks for all of the help last time . I installed Backupninja easily.
> After getting it running I realized that it didn't quite do what I
> wanted. I was looking for a package that could be installed in the
> server with little need for a
Thanks for all of the help last time . I installed Backupninja easily.
After getting it running I realized that it didn't quite do what I
wanted. I was looking for a package that could be installed in the
server with little need for additional programs to be installed on each
machine. So, af
On 04/02/12 22:35, Paul Lewis wrote:
> On 04/02/12 01:57:14, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>
>
>
> No one seems to have suggested DVDs or BlueRay as storage medium. Is
>
> there a reason these do not seem to be used much?
>
Some people like them - I only use them for cheap off-site backups (fo
On 04/02/12 01:57:14, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> >>> That I have backups of stuff for a couple weeks is worth the
> >>> massively slow tapes (and tape drive $$), IMHO.
>
> Tape slow? Depends on your budget I guess and needs I guess. DLT is
> dirt cheap nowadays (cost of shipping only in many cases,
On 02/02/2012 09:36 PM, David Christensen wrote:
On 02/02/2012 06:45 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
I have 3 computer running on Debian Squeeze. One has an unused hard
drive that I wish to use as a backup disk for all 3 computers. Is there
a simple way to do this that can be completely automated.
$ apt
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