Re: [DNG] Long-term archiving versus medium fallibility

2021-11-01 Thread Syeed Ali
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:11:54 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > Yet these files are also working files, are kept online, and > legitinately need to be modified from time to time. > My present method is to keep everything on my server, and make > regular backups. My first suggestion is to decide why

[DNG] November GoLUG meeting

2021-11-01 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, The November GoLUG meeting is Wednesday, 11/3/2021, at 7PM Orlando time. I'll be presenting on the QOwnNotes authoring software. See http://golug.info for details. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist

Re: [DNG] Long-term archiving versus medium fallibility

2021-11-01 Thread Steve Litt
Hendrik Boom said on Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:11:54 -0400 >Now storage media deteriorate over time. >It is necessary to read and transfer data from old media to new from >time to time. Yes, I know that. My present method is to keep >everything on my server, and make regular backups. Backup is,

Re: [DNG] snetaid debs...

2021-11-01 Thread aitor
Hi, On 25/10/21 8:22, aitor wrote: Yesterday night i pushed the new code to git. Packages of libnetaid, snetaid and simple-netaid-cdk (still not updated in gitea.devuan.dev) for chimaera will be available in a couple of days. The code of simple-netaid is ready to use: - libnetaid: the

Re: [DNG] mutt and html

2021-11-01 Thread Jarkko Lavinen via Dng
On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 04:13:31PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Until upgraded from ascii to beowulf, HTML messages were tolerable. I am using Mutt with palemoon browser on Chimera. I chose separate browser to avoid interference with firefox. The view command works just like you describe it.

Re: [DNG] rdiff-backup compatibility

2021-11-01 Thread Mark Hindley
Hendrick, On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 08:42:01AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > What is not mentioned is whether the backup archive format has changed > incompatibly. > > That's what I was asking. Sorry. My misunderstanding. Mark ___ Dng mailing list

Re: [DNG] rdiff-backup compatibility

2021-11-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Nov 01, 2021 at 11:41:58AM +, Mark Hindley wrote: > This is documented in Debian's Bullseye Release Notes and referenced from > Devuan's Chimaera Release Notes. > > Mark The need to upgrade server and client in lockstep is indeed documented in the Bullseye release notes. I ahve

[DNG] Long-term archiving versus medium fallibility

2021-11-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
These days an increasing amount of my personal information, bookd, mementos, family photos, and work data are being kept on digital media. And those are vulnerable. It's well-known that to archive files long-term (say, ten years or more) it is necessary to keep multiple copies, preferably on

Re: [DNG] rdiff-backup compatibility

2021-11-01 Thread Mark Hindley
This is documented in Debian's Bullseye Release Notes and referenced from Devuan's Chimaera Release Notes. Mark ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

[DNG] rdiff-backup compatibility

2021-11-01 Thread Hendrik Boom
rdiff-bckup has changed its communication protocol between versions 1 and 2, so it is necessary to have compatible versions of rdiff-backup at both ends of an rdiff-backup over a network, and a version 2 beowulf backport is available for rdiff for those who need to bridge rdiff-backup between