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three_jeeps
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 Forum: BackupPC Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:54 pm Subject: Fwd: Re: Woe is me
Interesting....what tests in bonnie++ did you run?
DB access to a single file?
Create/write/delete small files?
Others?
Just curious, so you beat the disk senseless with bonnie++ for a day, and ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:31 pm Subject: Bare Metal Restore for Microsoft Windows XP
Perhaps I missed something in reading this, or my interpretation of a 'bare metal restore' is different from yours.
My definition of 'bare metal restore' is taking essentially an im ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:52 am Subject: Mac Client Setup?
From the current Backup PC doc:
"MacOSX
In general this should be similar to Linux/Unix machines. In versions 10.4 and later, the native MacOSX tar works, and also supports resource forks. xta ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:36 am Subject: How do I use an external USB drive as backup target?
my comments are interspersed below...
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <backuppc < at > kosowsky.org (John Hudak wrote at about 12:06:29 -0500 on Saturday, February 13, 2010: ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:09 am Subject: How do I use an external USB drive as backup target?
Hello:
I am considering using an external USB drive as the storage for my backups.
I am running backup pc under Debian 5.0.
Part 1
What do I need to do to configure the USB disk as the target? ( ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:27 pm Subject: File format for BackupPC
Before I install backuppc and rsyncd client on my windoz boxes, I have some questions about file recovery using Backuppc.
1. After files are backed up to my linux server (Debian 5.0), assuming no c ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:49 pm Subject: Request for pointer
thank you...where do I put" my local dns entries"?
-John
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell < at > gmail.com (On 1/29/2010 1:48 PM, John Hudak wrote:
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:30 pm Subject: Request for pointer
As I reviewed the 200+ pages of the smb documentation, it occured to me to try that....If I figure out how to do it, i will
Thanks for the suggestion
John
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:56 PM, L ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:52 am Subject: Request for pointer
thank you Koen! some clarification questions below:
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:28 AM, <koen.linders < at > koca.be (> 1) some clarification of both backuppc settings and Samba setting from
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:41 am Subject: Request for pointer
Hi Les:
thanks for the reply...like I said in the my post, the Samba install is 'right out of the box'..i did not change anything in the smb.config file, except what was documented in the bac ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:14 am Subject: Request for pointer
I am trying to configure backuppc to back up a windows machine (XP) over a small LAN and am having quite a bit of difficulty. When I run the backup, Backuppc says it cant find the client. (My firewa ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:49 am Subject: Distro choice
Hmmm would you detail the steps needed to do this?:
" But, I'm also using autofs to mount across Samba to back up a Windows
machine or two on my home network, and I'm NOT running Samb ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:42 am Subject: Distro choice
thanks, I didn't know about sudo su -
-John
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell < at > gmail.com (On 1/27/2010 10:04 AM, John Hudak wrote:
Pet peve: One issue that ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:33 am Subject: Distro choice
Hi Max:
Thanks for posting the pointer. After reading thorough it, I strongly disagree with the statement "Easiest choice for WinXX"....Easiest is a matter of perspective, and trying to fi ...
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three_jeeps
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Forum: BackupPC Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:08 am Subject: Distro choice
Hello:
One thing that needs to be considered is the number of machines and the amount of data to be backed up. The robustness of the file system then becomes and issue, as pointed out earlier. This ...
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