On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, xxxxx xxxxx wrote: > Could anyone tell me what's a good hardware/software combination to > use to make frequent FULL backups of a Debian system (operating > system, "applications", and data). I asked recently at a fairly large
Over the long haul a tape drive is probably the cheapest. Yeah, you don't get the other cool benefits, like making your own audio CDs, but the tapes are cheaper than the CD-Rs and you can reuse them. And if somebody sneezes in the next room, it doesn't ruin your entire backup. As for software, I would just as soon use tar. You can use it to easily back up any and all files. If you only want to make a full backup, you don't really need anything else. > Linux group meeting, and everyone seemed suprised by the question and > there were no good answers, which completely floored me... how could > anyone smart enough to use Linux not back up their entire system > RELIGIOUSLY? Maybe because it's so easy to reproduce the data if something blows up? Not a lot of people really have anything irreplaceable on their Linux system. > Would that work? How? Using TAR or CPIO? And does Debian really not > recognize parallel port backup devices? Bummer... that's really > limiting. Especially if you've been using a parallel port tape backup > unit since DOS 3.2! Parallel port devices are... difficult with Linux. Some will work and some won't.
