Subject: Re: upgrade and restore
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Mon May 12 2003 - 00:31:06 AKDT
Bob,
Mondo and Debian don't seem to play well together. The developer claims
Debian 3.0 has been more problematic for him than all the other distros
combined.
http://www.mondorescue.org/docs/docs.html#debian
Jim Gribbin
On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 17:34, Bob wrote:
> What is your particular experience with Mondo?
> I've tried it with Debian Woody. Everything looked okay until I tried to =
> restore then it didn't work.
> Looks like a great program so perhaps I did something wrong.
>
> Just tried Partimage and the 'imginfo' recognizes the image okay. Haven't=
> , however, done an actual restore.On Sunday 11 May 2003 03:19 pm, you wro=
> te:
>
> Bob Pelz rpelz@arctic.net
> =20
> > Mondo Rescue is also a good app for this.
> >
> > http://freshmeat.net/projects/mondorescue/?topic_id=3D137
> >
> > On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 17:02, volz wrote:
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > I have a system that has been very stable and reliable over the year=
> s. I
> > > hate to mess with a good thing. It is now running rh7.1.I have upgrad=
> ed
> > > this machine several times with no loss of utility. I believe that th=
> e
> > > original install was rh6.0. This system runs a bunch of applications =
> that
> > > have their roots in old libs, (old perl, old versions of glibc, all k=
> ind
> > > of stuff). I have upgraded this machine several times with no loss of
> > > utility. I find myself needing to bring the system up to date again. =
> But
> > > I am a little worried I may lose some of the applications or break on=
> e of
> > > our processes in the upgrade. Is there a utility or method to restore=
> the
> > > system to its current glory if the upgrade is unsuccessful, short of =
> a
> > > hard metal restore?
> > >
> > > - Karl Volz
> > >
> > > Alaska Experimental Forecast Facility
> > > 2811 Merrill Field Dr.
> > > Anchorage AK 99501
> > >
> > > (907) 264-7427
> > >
> > > volz@aeff.uaa.alaska.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >
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