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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?
Date: Sat,  1 Oct 2011 11:24:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <be5991df1a1ad326db42df1b5beecb7e@chula.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111001161441.29c7ec4d@kolari.ethans.dre.am>

> erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
>
> > backup:
> > 1.  power down mac.  remove hard drive.
> > 2.  stuff drive as one gigantic file into venti.
> >
> > restore:
> > 1.  copy your backup onto drive
> > 2.  install hard drive.  power up mac.
>
> ROFL! What I guess you don't know is you can more or less do this
> without disassembling the Mac. Boot the Mac with the right keys pressed
> (I forget which) and it will emulate a Firewire drive.

i did know that, but that requires more complicated
explaination, and only works on macs.

in case it wasn't clear enough the first time, my point
was that if your storage is fancy enough to be snapshotted,
you can do a system-image backup.  the system doesn't
need to have the capability.  in fact, you don't care what
system you've got.

and as long as your drive isn't soldered to the mb, your storage
is fancy enough.  after that we're just arguing over convienience.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-01 15:24 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)
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 [this message]
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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