in the Shadow of Greatness

 

June 10, 2004

bah!

There ought to be a better way to hold onto your settings and essentials when a computer goes belly up.

That is all.


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Sol says...

There is, it just doesn't work very well in Windows. [Computer geek warning.] You just keep all your essential files in a CVS server somewhere on your network. Makes it easy to setup a new computer with all your stuff on it.

Posted June 11, 2004 7:44 PM
Arref says...

Out of curiousity ... how do you make sure you have all your config files? Your id setups, your fav urls, or your passwords?

Posted June 12, 2004 4:58 PM
David Dorward says...

Rsync /home and /etc to a backup server and periodically burn it to DVD :)

(Thank goodness for systems which do not use a registry to store important configuration settings)

Posted June 14, 2004 6:15 AM