On 12/28/2018 03:34 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
You seem to be looking for a reliable work space, not a backup. Low-level
OS hacking requires a scratch system isolated from the rest of the world.
<chuckle>
When I first started exploring Debian I used one physical machine for a
day-to-day work machine and my internet connection. For my experimenting
I used a second physical machine without any connection to the first.
That evolved to having a "working" install on one disk partition and my
"experimental"install on a separate partition.
My goal is to have a protocol for data accumulated on my "working"
install and multiple "experimental" installs. I currently a chaotic
collection of ad hoc partial file copies -- hesitate to refer to them as
"backups".
If your plan is to learn about the "guts of Linux" then at some point you
will peel away at the subsystems used for networking. It would be a shame
if - in the name of education - you somehow broke your network config and
were unable to reach out to PLUG for help.
I'm an obsessive compulsive paranoid of keeping the two types isolated.
For you, a reasonable backup may be nothing more than a solid, well-built
computer running a long-term support OS. Maybe throw in a basic RAID1 just
for giggles.
I sub-topic of learning the "guts" of Linux is learning how to establish
a suitable backup protocol.
On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 8:27 AM Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
On 12/22/2018 06:27 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
For years I've told others to have backups.
In a way THAT is the source of my confusion.
The others owned a computer to accomplish a specific task.
Therefore it was clear "Why backup?"
I however have essentially a self education project - "How to do an
ideal install". The deliverable, so to speak, is some understanding of
the guts of Linux. Data loss would be more an inconvenience than a
disaster. The data might be compared to notes accumulated when writing a
paper. Since the majority of the content is from archived mailing lists
an appropriate web search could retrieve most of it. I would lose my
indexes primarily. I think I know how to prioritize. It will have a side
benefit of helping me better organize things.
My primary machine just went to the shop which reminded me I should be
more organized and current myself.
Any recommended survey articles?
TIA
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