On Fri, 09 May 2008 15:38:51 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote: > >> No. Not to a drive used for backups of Linux machines. > > > > Why? > > Different OS.
So. We can use the same web pages, read the same email, why not share hardware? > > My partner has to use Windows for > > work, are you saying we are not allowed to share a backup device? > > It just doesn't make sense. So if I have a Linux box, a Windows box and a Mac and want to backup to an external drive, you say I must buy three drives when one will do? Should I buy a fourth drive for my Palm Treo? Do I need separate rsync.net accounts too? A backup device is just a storage appliance, if should not be parochial about the origin of the data it stores. -- Neil Bothwick Grow your own dope, plant a politician!
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