A questiong about replacing my failing drive

[mdw1982 at mdw1982.com (Mark Weaver)]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 17:17 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
>>because it simply works with the least amount of possibility for error. 
>>Its a matter of using the right tool for the job. nothin more nothin less.
> 
> 
> Whoa!
> Sorry, but us long-time UNIX admins would greatly _differ_ with you.
> 
> I typically use 'find|cpio', and someone else mentioned 'dump|restore'
> and I know 'tar c|tar x' is yet another.  These are _native_ tools of
> the UNIX platform.
> 
> Ghost, Drive Copy/Image, etc... are great for dealing with NT which
> doesn't like to be cloned.  But in UNIX/Linux, the native tools of the
> OS are far better.

And you long time Unix admins are one of the biggest reasons I read this 
mailing list. While I do like ghost I have to confess to a small amount 
of baiting because it tends to extract this kind of conversation a 
little quicker. well let me say it tends to provoke a much wider range 
of knowledge with a single probe than just asking a question. Yeah...a 
little twisted, but its fun too.

Since a Unix/Linux guru/admin is what I want to be when I grow up, (my 
wife tells me thats not likely to happen - me growing up), I would love 
to hear about your process.

-- 
Mark
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