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From: Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: back up gentoo system
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 13:39:12
Message-Id: g01k5b$4nq$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Re: back up gentoo system by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2
3 > On Thu, 08 May 2008 09:55:50 +0200, Michael Schmarck wrote:
4 >
5 >> >> To a backup device? Why?
6 >> >
7 >> > Don't Windows users need to backup?
8 >>
9 >> No. Not to a drive used for backups of Linux machines.
10 >
11 > Why?
12
13 Different OS.
14
15 > You could equally be saying that Linux users don't need to backup to
16 > a drive used for Windows machines.
17
18 Yes, I would say so.
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20 But more interesting: Why should they even be able to backup to the
21 same drive (or better: to the same filesystem)?
22
23 > My partner has to use Windows for
24 > work, are you saying we are not allowed to share a backup device?
25
26 It just doesn't make sense.
27
28 Michael
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