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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Back up a server in real-time
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:56:05 +0000
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On Monday 17 November 2008, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > dirvish is in portage.
> >
> > tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies.  If you want true
> > backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
> > like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
>
> star has everything you need for backups and it is based on the standard
> archive format.

Thanks Joerg, I have just had a quick look at star.  Would you know if ther=
e=20
is a LiveCD that has star - or will I be able to restore a fs from an archi=
ve=20
created with star, but using tar to do it as it comes in e.g. Knoppix?
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Regards,
Mick

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