Backuppc file missing

[Loïc Grenié]

2010/4/9 Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl>:
> I know this is not the backuppc list but I'm trying for a very long time
> to get backuppc performing useful tasks, but I don't succeed.
> In all manuals it says start with using configure.pl, however, in the
> ubuntu version this script is missing. The file config.pl does exist but
>  I assume that is the result of the use of configure.pl.

    No: config.pl is where backuppc saves its configuration. You can
  probably configure backuppc through the website with no big
  problem.

> I assume also that backuppc uses ext2 or ext3 formatted disks and not
> FAT32, which means in my humble opinion that all external disks has to
> be reformatted. Is that right?

    Nearly. backuppc can probably NOT use FAT32, however it is certainly
  not limited to ext2 or ext3. You can use ext4 or any other not-too-limited
  filesystem (you need to be able to write any filename for instance).

> I have 3 systems to backup to begin with but backuppc is not an easy
> program. I hope somebody has experience with it and can give some useful
> hints.

    It is indeed difficult to understand at the beginning.

       Sorry for not helping any more,

          Loïc