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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups |
| Date | 2020-08-13 22:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ADrRD-18T-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 2020-08-13 12:52, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, August 13, 2020 01:45:59 PM Tom Dial wrote: >> Debian ZFS root (and boot) is not *that* hard; see the instructions at >> >> https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/Debian%20B >> uster%20Root%20on%20ZFS.html >> >> They certainly are not harder than installing early Debian releases (as >> I remember it from around 20 years ago, and should not be hard for >> anyone building a backup system and server. Installation as an >> additional file system should not be notably different from installing a >> file system package from main, except for the notice the GPL >> incompatibility notice that will pop up during installation. >> >> I would recommend installing from buster-backports to get the current >> openzfs release which includes improvements (notably native encryption) >> as well as fixes. > > Two questions: > > * Most of my backup will be done from a Wheezy system -- can I install ZFS > on Wheezy? I do not see any ZFS packages for Wheezy: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=zfs&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all The simplest answer would be to install Buster and then install 'zfs-dkms' (either Stable or backport, depending upon preference). > * If I plug the USB drive into another machine without ZFS installed -- > hmm, well I guess I'd have to install ZFS to use the drive? Yes. David
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Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-13 02:20 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2020-08-13 02:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2020-08-13 03:00 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-13 11:00 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Mark Allums <maa@allums.com> - 2020-08-13 03:20 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-08-13 05:20 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-13 11:00 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-13 10:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-08-13 20:10 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-13 22:00 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-13 22:20 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-08-13 22:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-13 23:00 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups ghe2001 <ghe2001@protonmail.com> - 2020-08-13 23:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2020-08-14 11:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-14 12:00 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-14 03:30 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-14 07:10 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2020-08-14 04:50 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-20 00:10 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2020-08-20 01:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-08-20 04:20 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2020-08-13 21:50 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-14 07:30 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-08-14 17:40 +0200
Re: Recommendation for filesystem for USB external drive for backups Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-15 13:00 +0200
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