Les Mikesell wrote: >> So which do you prefer? >> It sounds to me as though BackupPC might be a little safer? >> >> Re installation under CentOS, having just acquired a Dell PowerEdge T105 >> (very cheaply) as server, I've decided only to do what Dell tells me I >> can. I do use the Epel Fedora-like repository, >> so hopefully BackupPC will get in that fairly soon. > > I can't imagine Dell telling you that you can't install a perl script. There is a distinction between what They say I can do, and what They don't say I can't do. > I use/like backuppc but the advantages are mostly for backing up several > systems. If you only have one or two machines to back up they are both > good. Thanks. I've 5 or 6 machines to backup, so I guess I'll go for BackupPC. I didn't find a Fedora tutorial/howto/FAQ for this program. Does Fedora have any official recommendation for backup? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
