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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
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On Sep 30, 2011, at 13:59, erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:

> backup:
> 1.  power down mac.  remove hard drive.
> 2.  stuff drive as one gigantic file into venti.
>=20
> restore:
> 1.  copy your backup onto drive
> 2.  install hard drive.  power up mac.

In principal, that's roughly what vbackup does, except with file systems ins=
tead of whole disks and without taking things apart. I decided I didn't need=
 to store each version of the OS files; if you want whole images, look at vb=
ackup (or, yes, time machine).

I don't buy the backup/archive distinction as defined. It's totally coherent=
 to say "I want a backup of data set xyz", where that isn't exactly one file=
 system. I have backups of the data I care about, and I've judged that, for m=
y usage, the moderate inconvenience and tiny risk of not having full FS back=
ups is worth the trade off.

(note I don't dispute that backup/archive is an important distinction, I jus=
t think that draws the line in the wrong place.)=