On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 06:03:07 +1000 Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
> Sometimes you want forensic backups.... like having a USB image > that is /known/ to work for instance, ? AFAIK GRUB2 don't use the kernel LBA (opposite to LILO) but only its name. … > rsnapshot doesn't compress [the backups], that might be the > biggest plus -- it does use symlinks though. I just had a look to the link I sent you (there's some times I didn't installed BackupPC); I made a mistake: it is hardlinks it uses. And V.4 (although tagged alpha, but without any update from 2013/12:), uses a very different backup system, allowing super fast restores. … > Yes, but I still prefer /dev/random for more real random, even if > it blocks. In my case, I am using /dev/random for the crypt > master keys now -- but /dev/urandom should be just as good here as > well ... still, my preference is for /better/ random ;-) Oops, I wasn't thinking about keys but HD filling. FTR, haveged gives you a reservoir of entropy based upon /dev/random. -- Kouros_9: Can somebody teach me how to be a pirate? Hiruma 91: Easy Hiruma 91: You'll need Hiruma 91: A wooden leg, a parrot, a crew Hiruma 91: And optionally an eye patch Hiruma 91: and of course a boat OR a spaceship -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140607221853.7313c72d@anubis.defcon1