Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!silver!herrj From: herrj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jonathan R. Herr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Whatcha Do During Backups? Message-ID: <1991Jun5.021416.29585@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: 5 Jun 91 02:14:16 GMT References: <1991Jun3.181814.8963@telesys.cts.com> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Wanted: Large Amounts of CASH Lines: 25 In article <1991Jun3.181814.8963@telesys.cts.com> kreed@telesys.cts.com (Kevin W. Reed) writes: [ ... ] >> What do other people do to pass the time? (Vital, administrative question.) > >Backup time is when I clean my office area up. Otherwise, I'd be buried. >You can tell if I forget to backup too... Geez, I feel deprived after reading all these great suggestions. The system I run is currently backed-up to a 9 track tape machine. No matter what, I'm busy during the backup, too, usually trying to figure out why the terminal at the front of the complex doesn't want to work that day. One day, I'll convince the company's president that it would be more than worthwhile to buy a real tape backup drive. Meanwhile, I'll sweat it out with the mag tapes. 8-) -- Jonathan R. Herr | herrj@valnet.uucp | I know to trip herrj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu| uunet!iuvax!valnet!herrj | is just to fall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~