On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Stefan Kluth wrote: > my 2 e| (no euro symbol available :)): > > I use dump/restore and pipe it through gzip to get compressed archive > files. Dump/restore is on rescue floppies and is made to respect special > file permssions e.g. in root file systems. That means that if you make a > dump and your system incuding your own rescue discs and install CDs bursts > into flames you should still be able to completely restore from fresh boot > floppies.
True. But dump/restore don't offer a lot of administration on backups -or at least not without a good deal of script writing! And I want the option of full/differential/incremental backups. tob uses afio which imho is a much better option than dump. I prefer dumping files instead of filesystems. Anyway, it's still a matter of personal taste. Konstantinos
