What has really changed ...

[Ian G Batten]

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Ian writes:
> Alistair Kelman writes ("RE: What has really changed ..."):
> > Yes but modern systems don't really require backup. And you can almost=
=20
> > always get the files back using some device or the other. ...
>=20
> I'm sorry, but I really have to take issue with this absolutely
> astounding claim.

I've been reminded by this exchange that although I write 10 full DLT
tapes of data from the main fileservers every night, I haven't backed up
my laptop in a while.  So in a fit of ``why use hammer when you can
employ a brigade of the royal engineers with air support?'' I have my
little Linux laptop streaming into our DLT robot via Budtool, our main
dump database and all the other little wrinkles.  I must do this more
often.  Have _you_ backed up your laptop, er, ever?

ian

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