First.. running a VB app under wine... wow... they've come so far from running notepad :)
Second.. how about running svn or perforce (free for 1 user license.. even commercial). For pure backup with not much recovery raunchy suffices, once you get into partial and selective restore things get more complicates. Source control might make sense. Can't speak for GIT or bitkeeper bit I'd check them out. On Mar 10, 2011 11:06 AM, "Joseph Apuzzo" <[email protected]> wrote: > Recently Sean notified me that IBM has certified Linux in a way that I can > still be "complaint" while running Ubuntu ( also was able to run the one VB > app I need under WINE... finally ). > Thus I want to go back to Linux ( was forced off by the "PGP desktop" > mandate ) so logically I want to back up all my files and install Linux. > > But is there a backup and restore method that works for both Windows XP and > Linux? That is I would need to selectively restore files under Linux but > also be able to do a full Windows restore. > Unlike tar and other Unix solutions I would like an ability to go back if > something does not work out. That is to say restore Windows XP ( just in > case, some insurance ) > So has anyone been in this situation and can share some constructive > suggestions. Please technical responses ONLY. > > Joe Apuzzo > GNu_Joe
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