From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:13:54 +0300
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] IBM T42
References: <b2b4d5354c9927bee11d153f88b42da6@vitanuova.com>
From: "Tiit Lankots" <t.lankots@aprote.ee>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <opsghjdgmq3anw4g@tiitl.aprote.com>
In-Reply-To: <b2b4d5354c9927bee11d153f88b42da6@vitanuova.com>
User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54 (Win32, build 3865)
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Topicbox-Message-UUID: f6be60b4-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025

>> >What's the point of venti on a laptop anyway?
>>
>> you can replicate it (eg, for backup).
>> you can reinitialise fossil from a venti archive.
>> you can use the venti contents without fossil.
>
> not to mention archive and snapshot.
>
> i'd find it difficult to survive without these...
>

I mean, do you just keep your laptop running all the time
or do you force a snapshot at a convenient point. Forcing
a snapshot is an explicit action of backing up and can as
well be performed on an external venti?