From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 2 23: 3:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from atkielski.com (atkielski.com [161.58.232.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41EE737B417 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:03:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by atkielski.com (8.11.6) id g3373os76182; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:03:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <018301c1dadd$b5a2af90$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Giorgos Keramidas" Cc: References: <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr> <3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com> <20020402123254.H49279@lpt.ens.fr> <009301c1da83$9fa73170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20020403022446.GB33624@hades.hell.gr> Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:03:49 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Giorgos writes: > Err, pardon my ignorance, but I always > thought this is what backups were > invented for. I could be wrong though, > so don't hold it against me :) You're excused. I used to work in technical support, so I know. Yes, you can restore things from backups, but what do you restore, exactly? And how do you know that what you are restoring isn't just a backup of whatever is causing the current problem? When you reinstall, you _know_ what you are putting on the machine (and more importantly, technical support knows). When you restore from backup, you and technical support don't necessarily have any idea what you are putting on the machine, so it may just be wasted time. Backups are for saving _data_, not _programs_. The backup for the software you use is the installation CD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message