Hi, I just tried drakbackup and had some problems. I had a limit on the amount of space allocated, I just used the default which was 500 - but no unit. I thought it would be megabytes. Anyway I then started a backup and it filled up my /var file system. So the limit was either not im MBs or not obeyed. Of cause as root you can fill up any file system creating a tarball. I did not see a tarball limit size for tar - maybe that is something that could be easily added to tar. I could of cause had tried to figure out that my 5 GB home directory would not easily fit in a 500 MB backup area, but it is always interesting to see what default settings will give you. Maybe some warning about insufficient backup space would be nice, but OTOH it is difficult to estimate. Now I had to do with a full /var partition and malfunctioning of my mail system etc. So much for not using the inner side of my head.
I also saw when removing the backup file that there were separate files with lists of all file names backed up, so it would actually not be so difficult and time consuming to find all versions of a specific file and list the date it was backuped. I missed a possibility to exclude different types of files, eg .rpm and .iso files (which one would expect to be obtainable from the net somehow.). I also missed a possibility to back up the whole system. Is that supposed to be done by just listing "/" as the directory to backup? Probably the tars do not expand partitions? If so, a possibility to just check the whole system and drakbackup to know what the partitions then are would be convenient. Also I found a number of buttons that were misplaced on the help screens, probably because they were too long for them all to fit in a line. This was with current MDK 9.1 with all updates, not cooker. The probloems wereespecially on submenus of "make backups" or what it is called in English. One thing I fould out from attending the MS training seminar was that their server software is not normally translated. This is the a quite big advantage that MDK has, especially with less experienced system administrators, home and hobby administrators and in countries with less traditions for mastering English. best regards Keld
