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<H1><A NAME="SECTION001100000000000000000">Backups</A></H1>
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Hardware is indeterministically reliable. <BR>
Software is deterministically unreliable. <BR>
People are indeterministically unreliable. <BR>
Nature is deterministically reliable. <BR>
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This chapter explains about why, how, and when to make
backups, and how to restore things from backups.
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<LI> <A NAME="tex2html1524" HREF="node97.html#SECTION001110000000000000000">On the importance of being backed up</A>
<LI> <A NAME="tex2html1525" HREF="node98.html#SECTION001120000000000000000">Selecting the backup medium</A>
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<I>Lars Wirzenius <BR>
Sat Nov 15 02:32:11 EET 1997</I>
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