Re: [LAU] System Restore...

On Sat May 03, 2008 at 10:00:04PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > I have spent many hours recently setting up a custom audio distro that will
> > be remastered and available as a live CD. I'm no Linux sys admin...I figure
> > stuff out any way I can, take longer than most to get it just how I like
> > it....and then I say..hmm, just one more thing I'd like to change....and I
> > bjork the window manager or some such thing. To re-install at that point
> > kills MANY hours of fruitfull work and I'm old enough that I don't need
> > cliche lessons! :)
> >
> > Thoughts? Oh, please choose smooth edged stones under 16oz in weight!
>
> Netapp implemented this perfectly with the snapshots feature of their
> WAFL filesystem. In every directory there is a .snapshots
> subdirectory containing monthly, weekly, and hourly snapshots of the
> parent directory. If you hose your system recovery is as simple as
> "cp -pr .snapshots/hourly.1/* .".
>
> Unfortunately it's patented so Linux can't do the same...

btrfs is GPL

i havent seen them cower in fear of such a ridiculous 'patent'

>
> Lee
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