Pramathesh Ambasta wrote:
> 
> 
> The reason why I asked this question in the first place - I am currently 
> using backuppc to backup to an external hard drive. The drive is 
> attached to a file/print server (Ubunut 8.04) which runs samba+cups 
> *and* also backuppc.
> 
> If the server crashes, how do I get to the files in the external drive? 
> I mean, how do I unmangle the file names to quickly restore the files to 
> some other machine so that work goes on before I get to repair the 
> server/ get another one?
> 
> Maybe there isn't a way except to keep the servers separate?

The obvious way would be to have a similar backuppc installation on 
another machine where you could mount your external drive.  You might be 
able to set up a dual boot or boot from a USB device if you normally run 
some other OS.  Virtualbox/vmware/parallels might even be usable these 
days - I'm not sure what speeds you can get though USB to them.  But, 
keep in mind that the drive is probably more likely to break than the 
rest of the server.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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