On Tue, 25 May 2010 13:12:27 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> No software is entirely without cost ... >> volunteers work on whatever they like ... >> your specific requirements may differ from their goals ... >> volunteers are rarely concerned with "market share" ... > > All excellent points, Boyd. Fortunately in this case, extlinux appears > to be a viable solution. I'll soon know ...
Unfortunately, logical backups of a Linux machine using the extlinux boot loader do not work with our backup/restore software. The master boot record and partition boot sector are restored correctly, but /boot/extlinux/extlinux.sys will probably not be restored to the exact same sectors from which it was backed up, and the restore software has no special logic to remedy that situation. Therefore, after restore, the machine will not boot. It *does* recognize lilo and has special logic to patch lilo after the restore so that the machine will boot. The problem can be circumvented by taking an image backup instead of a logical backup, but that gets into special backup requirements. Until we get newer backup software I must either use lilo or ask for special backup procedures for my Linux servers. I choose the former. Logical (file by file) backups have many advantages, one of which is to avoid giving the Windows advocates an excuse to oppose further deployment of Linux servers. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1739612780.129666.1275057918173.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
