On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:08:03 -0400
Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 06:17:17PM -0400, rorycl wrote:
> > 

> So maybe you should provide a complete OS distribution, including the
> backup software.  Like a customized version of one of the "live CD"
> releases of Linux.  But wait, will that distribution's included
> device drivers work on the devices that will exist in 12 years?  Will
> that era's computers still have CD drives.  Will they be bootable?

Oh, folks 12 years hence ought to be able to dig out 12 year old
computers to run their 12 year old distributions on. I suspect the
bottle neck will be finding drives to read LT04 tapes; maybe keep one or
two spares around?

Or put two or three complete machines aside and keep them for the
purpose.


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