FlexBackup – A Flexible Backup Tool

FlexBackup is for you if you have a single or small number of machines, amanda is “too much”, and tarring things up by hand isn’t nearly enough…

Stable version: 1.2.1 (Oct 10 2003)

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This program can use the “buffer” utility to speed up tape and network I/O: (recommended, not required). The RPMs are compiled with changes to allow large file (>2GB) support.

People sometimes have trouble finding afio… (recommended for tapes; not required – you can use just about any archive program)

Source: afio-2.4.7.tgz
Source RPM: afio-2.4.7-134.src.rpm (taken from SuSe, but rebuildable w/ just about any rpm)
Redhat 8/9 RPM: afio-2.4.7-134.i386.rpm

Newer versions can alternately use the “mbuffer” utility instead of “buffer”. I would recommend staying with “buffer” unless you want to experiment.

Source: available from its site
Source RPM: mbuffer-20011008-1.src.rpm
Redhat 8/9 RPM: mbuffer-20011008-1.i386.rpm

Older versions:

How To Make An Operating System


In this episode, gigafide shows you how to create our own operating system using the Assembly programming language. Project Files: www.tinkernut.com Learn Assembly: en.wikipedia.org www.drpaulcarter.com www.xs4all.nl joelgompert.com Operating System Credit/Reference: mikeos.berlios.de Virtual Box www.virtualbox.org Disk Images www.allbootdisks.com NASM: nasm.sourceforge.net

Repair Pc Registry Using Registry Cleaner Software

Your PC registry contains all the information relating to updates, installations of programs, removal of programs etc. Every instance of these events is logged in your computer’s registry. To repair PC registry errors, you can choose to do it manually or you could opt for registry cleaning software. I will be discussing how I managed to clean my PC registry and make it run much more quickly now.

All of the events that are logged in your registry are known as a registry key. This key takes free space from your computer’s resources and causes a slowdown in running day to day processes. The key can become quite large if it is not checked regularly in order to get rid of errors.

A registry cleaner is a software program that will remove data that is no longer in use, or data that is unwanted from the registry key.

This data will include information that has been left behind when uninstalling software from the computer. It will also include settings that are required for malware or spyware to operate.

When you do a scan using this software, it will pick out all these unnecessary entries and repair or delete them. It is a very sensitive, intricate process to edit and clean your registry. The size and complexity of the registry database makes it impractical for you to do it manually.

Registry cleaners include an automatic process of searching for missing file references, broken links and invalid entries in the registry. Once found, they will attempt to resolve the problem.

It is essential that you backup your registry and your files before you make an attempt to fix errors. This is done automatically if you use a registry cleaner. In view of the problems that you could cause by doing a manual fix, it is recommended that you use registry cleaning software to assist with cleaning up your PC. This will ensure smooth, fast start-up and regular functioning of your computer. I personally managed to clean up my computer by downloading high quality registry cleaner software.

Cat vs Printer – The Translation


Another cat video which I’ve run through the old cat translator to see what was being said…