On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Gerry Doris wrote:
> I have been looking unsuccessfully for a competent backup program.
>
> I want a package that will run on a linux system and completely backup both
> linux and win98 boxes. Ideally, I want to be able to do a "cold iron" restore.
> That is start from a boot disk and bring 'er up.
>
> However, if I lose a box I really want to be able to, at worst, just install
> the os (either linux or win98) + backup client and then restore the remainder to
> get back to the original configuration.
>
> I thought ARKEIA would do it for win98 but they tell me I have to restore
> win98, the ARKEIA client, the exact applications, and then do the restore.
> Also, I can't change any of the components in the box (ie. restore to a
> different box). This I can see but having to completely restore all the
> applications(levels, versions, etc)...I should save a LOT of time/tape and just
> backup the data!!!
>
> I used to use Cheyenne backup on a win95 system to do this. A couple of times
> I recovered a trashed system by just booting off a Cheyenne floppy and selecting
> the tape to restore...going away for a few hours and coming back to a nice
> working system.
>
> Does such a package exist in linux that will handle linux or win98 network
> attached systems???
Bru will do everything but 95. If you can create a boot disk for 95 so if
can connect via samba, it will work. But it doesn't create the boot disk
for 95 like you want. You would have to create it yourself. Might want to
check it out..
Not the PE version, the full blown 229-299 version.
Jeff
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