[Gllug] backup

[Martin A. Brooks]

t.clarke wrote:

>Re backups to the network drive:
>
>Have you considered "tar'ing" your files to the raw backup-disc device
>name, in a similar manner to tar'ing to a raw floppy ??
>
>This method certainly works with Unix, and so should I think work with linux
>  
>

Would you care to speculate on the odds of a hard drive being dropped, 
say, 1 meter, onto your average floor covering and still working afterwards?

Next:  Would you bet your data on it?

Yours,

The Backup Pedant
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