Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 09, 2004 11:29 AM
"(Linux support for FireWire as well as the alternative USB 2.0 devices is experimental as of this writing.)"
Assuming that the author actually read the article and he didn't just do a dump from the book, this is inaccurate.
Linux support for USB 2.0 and firewire is excellent, at least in the kernels packed by Suse 9.1, 9.0, Red Hat 9.0 and Mandrake 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 10.
The article is full of generalities that would make an experienced Linux admin that this guy is clueless and not to be trusted with your data.
And what is this nonsense about, such an such topics are beyond the scope of this article or book. One of the maxims of good technical writing is that it must be self-contained. Given how easy it would have to explain what needs explaining,every time the author resorted to "the beyond the scope of this article defense", I cannot give high marks to this article.
More importantly, it misses many of the great open source backup tools that exist already and it is by far too Red Hat centric.
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This article is fluffy
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 09, 2004 11:29 AMAssuming that the author actually read the article and he didn't just do a dump from the book, this is inaccurate.
Linux support for USB 2.0 and firewire is excellent, at least in the kernels packed by Suse 9.1, 9.0, Red Hat 9.0 and Mandrake 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 10.
The article is full of generalities that would make an experienced Linux admin that this guy is clueless and not to be trusted with your data.
And what is this nonsense about, such an such topics are beyond the scope of this article or book. One of the maxims of good technical writing is that it must be self-contained. Given how easy it would have to explain what needs explaining,every time the author resorted to "the beyond the scope of this article defense", I cannot give high marks to this article.
More importantly, it misses many of the great open source backup tools that exist already and it is by far too Red Hat centric.
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