On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 08:59 -0400, Brian McKee wrote: > On 30-Apr-08, at 7:48 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > >> I am looking at Mondo <http://www.mondorescue.net/>, etc. Kindly give > >> suggestions. > > > > I've never used Mondo. I tried once only to find that the mondo > > kernel > > couldn't boot my machine. I figure that if I found a machine it > > wouldn't boot that easily, then my luck would be that the bare-metal I > > ended up with after a disaster wouldn't boot either. > > I do use mondo regularly.... granted not with Debian machines. I > have a couple of standard images at work that I simply restore > whenever I need another desktop or firewall machine. I really like > it. It's easy to test that it's working correctly before you need > it too. The current developer has put in a lot of effort on it in > the last while, and is steadily making improvements. > > I would point out your files are kept in cpio archives, so worst case > you can still always get your data back. > > FYI > Brian
I use backup2l to back up daily to an external hd; it is easy to use and appears to be reliable. While I don't encrypt the backup files, I understand from googling that it is possible to do so. Tom Ashley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
