Re: Backup requirement
On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 08:59 -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
> On 30-Apr-08, at 7:48 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>
> >> I am looking at Mondo <http://www.mondorescue.net/>, etc. Kindly give
> >> suggestions.
> >
> > I've never used Mondo. I tried once only to find that the mondo
> > kernel
> > couldn't boot my machine. I figure that if I found a machine it
> > wouldn't boot that easily, then my luck would be that the bare-metal I
> > ended up with after a disaster wouldn't boot either.
>
> I do use mondo regularly.... granted not with Debian machines. I
> have a couple of standard images at work that I simply restore
> whenever I need another desktop or firewall machine. I really like
> it. It's easy to test that it's working correctly before you need
> it too. The current developer has put in a lot of effort on it in
> the last while, and is steadily making improvements.
>
> I would point out your files are kept in cpio archives, so worst case
> you can still always get your data back.
>
> FYI
> Brian
I use backup2l to back up daily to an external hd; it is easy to use and
appears to be reliable. While I don't encrypt the backup files, I
understand from googling that it is possible to do so.
Tom Ashley
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