On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:24:36PM -0700, Mark Barnes wrote: > > > I use a Seagate travan IDE tape drive running on an old linux box to back > up my laptop over the network. Works fine. Yes, the tapes are expensive. > So far, they've been reliable. I don't have any experience using amanda > or any of the other backup packages. I use tar. Good luck.
i use amanada daily to backup about 15 machines on debian, redhat and freebsd. its ideal to daily dumps, but may be configured to do full weekely backups of, say a laptop, too. you just need to create another profile, to backup the laptop. cheers, Kim Hawtin IT Systems Administrator .''`. Ratbag : :' : Level 8, 63 Pirie Street, `. `' Adelaide SA 5000, Australia `- Ph 0 882 235 830 Fx 0 882 235 746 khawtin at ratbaggames dot com This email is confidential for the addressee only andis subject to copyright where applicable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]