Backups

[Michael W Cocke]

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:30:51 -0600, you wrote:

>David G. Miller wrote:
>> Michael Satterwhite <michael at weblore.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> When running kubuntu, I used the dar backup program. I don't see it in
>>> the Fedora repositories. Is there something that the Fedora users
>>> recommend - or is this one I need to compile and install?
>> A lot depends on what all you need to back up.  Single machine at home? 
>> Small network with server?  Small business?  Something bigger?  What
>> sort of back up hardware (tape drive, tape changer, DVD recorder, disk
>> to disk)?
>> 
>> I'm real happy with amanda but I'm in the small network bucket.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> 
>
>Good questions. I'm backing up a single machine that I use for work. In
>general, I do a disk-to-disk backup then copy the slices to dvd. Dar was
>perfect for that, but I'm sure there are other tools, too.

Dar (and daromizer) work fine with FC5.  I compiled dar from source,
but I always do - I wouldn't know if it isn't available from a
repository.

Mike-
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