19 Nov
2001
19 Nov
'01
5:12 a.m.
At 11:19 AM 11/19/01 -0700, Dick wrote:
I'm concerned mainly about Win9x. There were
numerous backup packages that
worked VERY well under [DOS6.22/Win3.11]. Since the release of Win9x, I've
bought several backup packages, and a couple of releases of each, yet not
seen
one that even barely worked on any sort of consistent
basis.
Retrospect works nicely. And, it is very easy to set remote
backups in a mixed wintel/mac installation, as long as each
machine has its own static IP. It doesn't work as well using Winblows
sharing. Even transitorially connected devices such as laptops
can be remote backed-up using Retrospect.
An OS without a real backup utility is of little use
because you have to have
backup ... not just copies of things, but a real backup, context and all,
that
enables you to get back to where you were. DOS
didn't have that, UNIX
doesn't
have it (though it does have TAR, which makes copies to
tape), OS/2
doesn't have
it, LINUX doesn't have it ... I don't know what
a guy's to do. I guess
image-copying the disk to tape, empty space and all, is the only solution.
Of
course that means the files are replaceable only on an
all or nothing basis.
^%$#@! ... what a bunch of crap!
Well, HPUX has Ignite-UX, which has lots of possibilities. It is free.
But I doubt most people need such heavy artillery.
carlos.
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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo(a)nospammers.ieee.org