Subj : Re; Win 7 drive map probl
To   : Holger Granholm
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Jan 05 2019 06:39 am


 On 2019 Jan 04 12:44:00, you wrote to me:

 HG>>> but can you backup a running system to another (Linux) machine?

 ml>> sure... you might miss some locked files but the majority will be
 ml>> copied over...

 HG> OK then, but you have to first find out what files are locked.

that's easy enough... they're recorded in the log as being inaccessible ;)

 HG> Torsten pointed out some in his letter.

i've never worried about them and was really glad that i had the rsync backup i 
did when my previous RA/FD/RE system went TITSUP (Total Inability To Support 
Usual Processing)... it made it a lot easier to be able to carry things forward 
into the new setup running a completely different package that wasn't cobbled 
together with shoestrings and bubblegum :)

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it 
wrong...
.... If you don't like getting old, consider the alternative.
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