Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:38:41 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why use tape for backups? (was: backup method reccommendation?) Message-ID: <199910112138.OAA13065@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:52:42 CDT." <Pine.NEB.3.96.991011154243.46065B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> wrote:
> I run my overnight, so it doesn't matter for me if they take 4 hours or 4
> minutes.
True. I should have said that speed is a primarily an issue if
your backups don't fit onto a single CDROM. If they don't, speed is
important because you have to babysit the computer to feed it disks.
> > What's wrong with mounting? It's easy to do. You can make a
> > bootable FreeBSD floppy with the CDROM driver on it (I think the fixit
>
> If you are burning CDs, why not make them bootable?
Good point. However, if you have an older system that can't boot
from a CDROM ....
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Darryl Okahata
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