Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:03:31 +0200 From: "Kristian Rask" <krask@mediac.dk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: I miss a couple of features ! Do u have a repository for project ideas by non programmers ? Message-ID: <001701bf0b7e$e8e3eee0$0201a8c0@mediac.dk>
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Hi The subject is the first part of the question. The features can be briefly described as follows. 1) Emergency restore Feature Some utility that snapshots u'r boot loader, partition table(s) and = slice table(s) and ask you about your preferred backup device (File on = partition, /dev/scsitape, etc.) and put the info on a floppy. The install CD could have an option for generating a boot floppy etc. w. = varius restore utilities, This kernel could then ask for you Emergency = disk, recreate the structure(s) and ask u to insert the tape (or mount a = particular device) 2) Open System Wide backup A backup engine that can somehow backup any and all OS'es :) Maybe like a definition for a ftp like server, and an engine for FreeBSD = to backup all such servers. Initially only BSD is supported by means of a client (The ftp server = like thingy) and a server - the engine that communicates w. the clients = (via TCP/IP) and stores the results on /dev/tape or as a file. It is important that the contents of the backup stream be unknown to the = server, so that all OS/FS related stuff is handled by the client. It is important that one can send a message to the server, and get a = list of backups and descriptions back It is important that one can send a message to the server requesting a = restore stream. Being an open spec. sort of thing, clients for Apple Mac, MS *.*, OS/2 = etc. are bound to surface along the way. It would REALLY (imo) add = imensely to the usability of FreeBSD as a _Complete_ server It would be nice if both features could be used in conjunction :) I could easily define the above in much more detail, but if no one = cares, then it'l be a waste of time :) regards Kristian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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