I second that motion! Shannon
On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 09:50, John Hebert wrote: > Good idea, Choppy. There are lots of utilities for > rescue and recovery for Linux. I use "Tom's Root/Boot" > disk, very small, very nice (http://www.toms.net/rb/). > You may also want to look at "System->Recovery Tools" > on freshmeat.net (http://freshmeat.net/browse/866/). > > I think a good future topic would be backup systems > and recovery using Linux. > > John Hebert > > --- Chopin Cusachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've had better experiences with the little Ditto > > tape drive, though it can't > > go beyond 1 GB compressed. Parallel port is slow, > > but I don't mind a > > three hour backup if it goes while I am in bed > > sleeping. I can also use it > > for the other computers around here, especially if I > > can make it go under > > Linux. Also have a parallel port 100 Mb ZIP drive, > > as well as internal > > ones in two boxes here. I like the Norton-Iomega > > recovery system. > > > > One major problem with Windows systems is that a > > really useful backup > > must be able to run under DOS to restore a system > > when Windows can't > > boot. > > > > Hadn't thought of getting two, but may do that. > > > > Maybe sometime when we are short a program we could > > get someone to > > talk about rescue packages that boot from floppy, > > set up a RAM disk, > > and run tools from that. SPBLinux comes to mind as > > a good example, > > but the diskette produced by Windows98SE does so > > also. That's it, > > OS on diskette for troubleshooting and recovery -- > > for title. > > > > Choppy > > > > At 07:31 AM 10/31/01 -0600, you wrote: > > >Buy a cheap tape drive and that's what you'll get. > > Several years ago I > > >bought a Ditto 2Gig tape backup and that's was the > > biggest piece of junk > > >there ever was. I had to RMA it and get another > > and it was junk too. After > > >looking at mailing lists for that product I found > > out that a lot of other > > >people thought the same thing. I know I'll never > > buy another Ditto product > > >again. Guaranteed. Just my $0.02. Jeff > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ -- __________________________________________________________________ Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
