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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:22:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net>
To: Stelian Pop <stelian.pop@fr.alcove.com>
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Stelian Pop wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 02:47:04PM -0400, Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote:
>
> > According to everybody, dump is deprecated (and it shouldn't work reliably
> > with 2.4, in two words: "forget it")...
>
> This needs to be "according to Linus, dump is deprecated". Given the
> interest Linus has manifested for backups, I wouldn't really rely on
> his statement :-)

Either way dump is not likely to give you a reliable backup when used
with a 2.4.x kernel.

	Gerhard


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Gerhard Mack

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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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