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Re: BRU2000 Personal Edition?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tundra)
Wed Dec 2 02:39:19 1998
From: "Tundra" <tundra@adelphia.net>
To: "Gerry Doris" <gdoris@shaw.wave.ca>, <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 02:38:36 -0500
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From: Gerry Doris <gdoris@shaw.wave.ca>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: BRU2000 Personal Edition?
:I've been using the "personal" version ARKEIA to backup my linux and
:Win98/linux boxes (I only have two...the linux box has the DAT drive =
and the
:other switches back and forth from linux to Win98 depending on who is =
using
:it). I believe that ARKEIA only supports SCSI tape device(s).
Some perhaps silly newbie questions regarding backup but the mass of =
information out there has somewhat confused me. In addition, I don't =
feel I have a real conceptual basis in this and many related areas. I =
try; simply no real real past experience with PC's except some minor =
point and clicking in Win. I am in the process of reading several books; =
some of which still read as gibberish to me.
My main box (currently only win98) has an eide hard drive. Does this =
effectively preclude use of SCSI type of tape drive?; at least for a =
beginner like me? A second box (IDE) is also win98 only and used in =
connection with a small home business of my wife. The third box win95 I =
hope will be dual boot linux and win. It is the older box and one I hope =
to first experiment with linux on. Eventually, I would like my main box =
(i.e. most powerful) to also dual boot. I am simply exercising caution =
at first.=20
No network yet but I hope to connect all to a home network; still =
looking at alternatives. With prices coming down as they are, it seems =
fast ethernet is a viable option. Would love to see a high performance =
kit with 4 or 5 port hub,fast ethernet Nic's and apprpriate supprt =
personalty. I thought I read Linux supports this..Correct? Any howto's =
or the like which would better inform me in this regard or any other =
areas addressed in this article?
However, at least what seems a first item of business for me is to =
identify the appropriate tape drive system that can back up both win98 =
and linux. The tape backup should have the "restore ability" that =
apparently can be used to backup not only data but entire applications =
(with preferences etc) by some sort of imaging tech such as described in =
some of the HP literature. I assume such back up exists (with =
reasonable software) at reasonable prices? =20
The 4 to 8 gig range seems appropriate for my needs. In addition, if =
possible, when an if I get the boxes networked, I would hope to back up =
all boxes from the one tape dive if that capability is reasonably =
priced. My initial thought is to get an external, but am undecided. I am =
hoping the extertal can be switched from box to box to do the major =
backups during the time the network is not in place. Is this correct?=20
I simply am unsure of all of the hardware and/or software issues that =
the foregoing raise with respect to purchasing the external tape drive.=20
=20
Any suggestions, personal experiences and references would be much =
appreciated. At last wrinkle in the equation;
I currently connect to the net through a cable modem. The cable company =
installed a nic and created a lan. Thus, my win config (in the internet =
optioss) indicates I connect through a lan not a dial up connection; but =
I do dial up to connect through an external cable modem (one way =
cable). I don't understand conceptually what the cable company was =
accomplishing nor how it may affect my other plans.=20
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments.
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