On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > > > David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The very idea of all one's system software in a set of homogeneous > > > .deb files is probably foreign to most unix administrators. > > > > Only those with "home brew" systems. In institutional settings it's > > also a matter of wasted time. Why fight with a whole installation > > procedure when you can simply do: > > > > restore /dev/tape / > > Sure, but restoring from debs will be pretty easy. > > I don't backup system files. I backup kernels, /etc and > /var/lib/dpkg/status* files. I also collect a list of installed > debs I can reinstall from CD: > > # dpkg --get-selections > /backup/debian.selections > > Peter
1) I managed to get an iomega zip-drive working with my slink-system. Is there an easy way (simple commands) available to back up the whole debian (~500-600MB) on zip disks for backup? Another thing: 2) is it anyhow possible to use a normal tape-recorder (recording walkman) as a backup tape system? -hv
