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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk] |
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> Sent: 15 December 2005 19:16 |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Backups |
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> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:53:27 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> > My personal favorite for my desktop and laptop is using |
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> 'dar' with big |
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> > USB hard drives....but that's what works well for me. |
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> I use rdiff-backup, which is ideal for backing up automatically to a |
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> hard drive. I run it from cron, hourly on critical |
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> directories, daily on |
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> the rest. I then have a weekly cron script that compresses the backup |
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> directories with squashfs and writes them to ISO images ready |
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> for writing |
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> to bootable DVDs. It makes restoring individual files very easy, and a |
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> completely hosed system can be fixed because the DVDs are bootable. |
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If you get a minute, a detailed wiki howto would be useful for some of |
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us. :-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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