On 04/02/12 12:11, Glenn English wrote: > > On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >>>>> I have 3 computer running on Debian Squeeze. One has an >>>>> unused hard drive that I wish to use as a backup disk for all >>>>> 3 computers. Is there a simple way to do this that can be >>>>> completely automated. > > I've got 3 or 4 computers too, on Lenny.
You sound unsure.... are they quantum computers? ;-) > I've used Amanda for 10 > years. It will write to tape or disk (I use a collection of 9 DLT > tapes). It took a bit of futzing, but it's been solid as a rock since > that first couple of weeks. Last time I looked, it was very CLI. And > it takes a cron job to make it automatic. > > I've never done a bare metal restore, but it's been fine for the > small restores I've needed too do. That I have backups of stuff for a > couple weeks is worth the massively slow tapes (and tape drive $$), > IMHO. And it backs up using GNU tar (here, or dump if you like), just > in case a really significant amount of software dies on you -- it's > not much fun, but it's possible. > Amanda is indeed a solid backup system. But I didn't write what you've (inadvertantly?) attributed to me :-) OS/2 is old, but it's possible to quote post with it ;-p Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ NOTE: new update available for Debian Buttons (New button for querying Debian Developer Package):- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/debian-buttons/ -- 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/4f2c89fd.5010...@gmail.com
