Re: [LAU] System Restore...

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:40:00PM -0400, cdr wrote:
> 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'

I am going to take out a patent on chewing food.

-ken
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Received on Mon May 5 08:15:03 2008