[H-GEN] Hardware Upgrade

[David Jericho]

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On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 12:12:45AM +1000, Robert Brockway wrote:
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> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Greg Black wrote:
> 
> > The general anti-dump stance of Linus and the frequent stories
> > about flaky behaviour under Linux is the main serious reason why
> > I still don't actually use Linux.  The truth is that dump is the
> > perfect tool for backups and I just won't use any system that
> > does not provide a proper working dump/restore.
> 
> Don't worry Greg.  I use dump to do backups under Linux and have for some
> time.  I've also never seen a problem with restores (and I do check my
> dumps periodically).

And I've never had a problem with dumps either. On the other hand,
when Linus says something like that about his pet project it makes you
take a second look to find another solution. 

-- 
David Jericho
Senior Systems Administrator, Bytecomm Pty Ltd


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