From: "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)" <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:43:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3f8aecd8ac9fdcd39dc36b5e89882c7d@orthanc.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <69C5D736-6A3D-4930-9B9C-EB014A8BA4D3@9srv.net>
> When non-plan9 people ask me this question I tell them to get an external
> disk and use Time Machine.
I would tell it to Plan9 folks as well. There is no way to
recover from a catestrophic disk failure on a Mac using venti.
Two days ago I spent $137 on a 1TB external USB disk. I now have an
encrypted backup of my laptop from which I can recover my complete
environment on new hardware. If your scheme can't do that, it's not a
backup.
I.e. don't confuse 'backup' with 'archive'. If you need a backup
in the true sense of the word, your only option is Time Machine.
--lyndon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-30 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-30 15:19 Axel Belinfante
2011-09-30 15:53 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-09-30 17:43 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX) [this message]
2011-09-30 17:59 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-30 19:21 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-09-30 19:42 ` erik quanstrom
2011-09-30 19:45 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-09-30 19:53 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 8:21 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-10-01 15:14 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-10-01 15:24 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-01 15:48 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-10-01 16:49 ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2011-10-01 18:21 ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2011-10-01 18:29 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-10-02 15:26 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-11-03 20:54 ` Michaelian Ennis
[not found] ` <CAAQydVjZ42C-GTEFT7E2t=dCQ35fvHzqjSYx9a3o+8v+5D1vfA@mail.gmail.c>
2011-11-03 20:57 ` erik quanstrom
2011-11-01 18:15 ` smiley
2011-11-01 18:57 ` Anthony Sorace
2011-09-30 19:50 ` Latchesar Ionkov
2011-10-01 15:21 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2011-09-30 20:01 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2011-09-30 21:15 ` Bakul Shah
2011-10-01 17:22 ` John Stalker
2011-10-02 0:35 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-02 1:28 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 2:28 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-02 2:37 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 3:07 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-02 12:38 ` Iruatã Souza
2011-10-03 3:57 ` steve jenkin
2011-10-03 4:02 ` erik quanstrom
2011-10-02 13:30 ` Salman Aljammaz
2011-10-03 3:47 ` steve jenkin
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