On Mon, 24 May 2010 17:29:54 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> (3) The need for special backup requirements will be >> used by the opponents of Linux at my place of employment >> to oppose further deployments of Linux, ... > > What about the carrot approach? Find an even better > backup method, compatible with Grub 2 and appealing > to your management for its efficiency.
You're missing the point. The main selling point to management is that Linux is free. If they have to buy new backup software in order to accommodate Linux' backup requirements, that will kill it on the spot. Whatever boot loader I use must not require new backup software or impose special backup requirements. And its not just money. As a rule, people like what they know. The backup people are Windows people, and they'd love an excuse to complain to management about the backup requirements of my Linux servers. grub-legacy and grub-pc are non-starters for me for that reason. Until now, only lilo, as far as I knew, met all my requirements. It now appears that extlinux may also work. I'll soon know. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/351821928.39974.1274802154546.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
