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The Tao of Backup

The Tao of Backup

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Comments (43)

  • dbdr
    The novice said: "I will save my working files, but not my system and application files, as they can be always be reinstalled from their distribution disks." The master made no reply. The next day, the novice's disk crashed. Three days later, the novice was still reinstalling software. If that's your situation, it might be worth backing up applications. However, there are better solutions that make this irrelevant. For instance, using NixOS, you can literally back up a single text file describing your system setup, and you can recreate the system from it automatically in minutes, guaranteed to be bit for bit identical.
  • ibotty
    > The novice became suspicious and said: "Master, is all this 'Tao of Backup' stuff just so you can sell more copies of Veracity?"> The master said: "Now you are truly enlightened."
  • ahazred8ta
    For reference: a comprehensive backup + security plan for individuals https://nau.github.io/triplesec/
  • happyrock
    I miss the World Wide Web, man...
  • throwaway81523
    Haven't seen that in ages and thought it had moved. 20GB tape containing all the corporate goodies. That makes me smile.
  • divbzero
    Not to be confused with the Zen of Backup…A novice asked the master: “What must I do to learn the Zen of Backup?” The master whacked the novice in the head, grabbed the keyboard, and ran sudo rm -rf /. The novice smiled and left feeling enlightened.
  • written-beyond
    After reading the title, but before visiting the link, thought this was a backup of all of Terrance Taos work.
  • anon
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  • aeon_ai
    > But the master had already overwritten it with a copy of DOOM.A master after my own heart.
  • anon
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  • apples_oranges
    Loss of hard disk is a great way to declutter your system just saying
  • xnx
    I like that the site is simple text (if not plain writing), but even in 1997 this multi-page layout would've a pain to read vs. a single page.
  • cavoirom
    I read all the steps, but not yet enlightened.
  • jmclnx
    Nice Epilogue
  • popalchemist
    HTTPS cert is invalid
  • palaceme
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  • bhavyshekhaliya
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