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bruce wrote:
and given that usb/laptop drives are cheap... i can always keep one by my side, and rotate it with the working drive in the box...
should work ok...
unless you;
bruce wrote:
Well, yes, but one of the reasons you make backups is to cover the case where you meant to type 'rm -rf something*' when you are in the root directory and accidentally type 'rm -rf something *' instead. Or a software bug that does something like that.
which would take out usb drive
Yes - but it would be even better if you rotated 2 such disks - or ran over the network to another box.
which will cover you up to time that drive was rotated out.
- -- peace out.
tc,hago.
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