One other person wrote and thought I sounded in this message like I needed 
to switch off of caffeine.
The funny thing is that I did come on a little strong, but because I 
thought _you_ were coming on a little strong.
Where would I get such an idea?

I thought that you were referring to the other poster as "Buddy," as in 
"Hey, Buddy, you're an idiot."
I found out after sending the message that Buddy was his actual name. ;)

Sorry for coming on so strong.  It was misdirected.

At 08:02 AM 8/6/2001 -0500, Guy Speier wrote:
>Consider my wrist slapped.  There was discussion of this previously,
>and I took it for fact.
>
>sorry,
>Guy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: W. Curtis Preston [mailto:curtis AT backupcentral DOT com]
>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 5:03 PM
>To: Guy Speier; Lumpkin, Buddy; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES vs. /(root) and cross mount
>poi nts option
>
>
>Define "same type."  I've used it when the root filesystem is one type
>(UFS), and the other file systems are other types (VXFS).  It works fine
>there.  It just doesn't back up NFS or CDROMs.  Do you have evidence of
>what you're claiming, because I've never seen it.
>
>At 04:26 PM 8/3/2001 -0500, Guy Speier wrote:
> >Buddy,
> >
> >The two are different:
> >
> >ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES will backups only those filesystems that have the same
>type
> >as
> >/.  However, you have the ability to allow multi-streaming so that the
> >backup
> >of each drive can run at the same time.
> >
> >/ will backup everything under /, and you must select the "follow cross
> >mounts"
> >to backup your other drives.  This is a more safe option (safe because if
> >your
> >drives are a different type they will still be backed up), but slower.
> >NOTE: This will not follow NFS unless specified.
>
>---
>W. Curtis Preston
>Principal Consultant for Storage Designs,   your storage experts
>Voice: 760 710 7017                            Fax: 760 710 7019
>Webmaster: http://www.backupcentral.com curtis AT backupcentral DOT com

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W. Curtis Preston
Principal Consultant for Storage Designs,   your storage experts
Voice: 760 710 7017                            Fax: 760 710 7019
Webmaster: http://www.backupcentral.com curtis AT backupcentral DOT com