Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: fbackup/frecover Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 06:13:37 GMT References: <2062@prcrs.prc.com> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 14 paul@prcrs.prc.com (Paul Hite) writes: >There have been some articles detailing problems with other backup programs >like cpio or tar. I guess it's time for an fbackup horror story:-) [ ... ] >So what's a sysadmin to do? Use [r]dump and [r]restore. The interactive option to restore has saved me more than a few times. It's absence from HP's list of recommended backup programs should not discourage you. -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.