Randy Barlow wrote: > Wojtek Swiatek wrote: > >> My goal is to back up on my laptop some parts of the desktop when the >> laptop is available on the network (say, /etc to be backed up in >> C:\SERVER_BACKUP\etc). >> In other words, the backup store for "desktop" (which also hosts >> BackupPC) should be on the WinXP laptop. >> >> Is there a straightforward way to achieve this? I would be grateful for >> any pointers. >> > > The trouble is that the windows machine won't do hard links so you won't > be able to do this the traditional backuppc way. I'd recommend that you > backup the gentoo machine with itself (I'd recommend using tar with sudo > permissions as the backup transfer method) and then periodically use the > laptop to navigate to the BackupPC web interface and download a tar > archive of a recent backup (maybe keep a couple if you have the space) > and keep those files on the laptop in a spot that won't be backed up > again by the gentoo box. >
Thank you for the hint. I understand the limitations of WinXP with hardlinks, but at the same time I would like to make backups as automatic as possible (I have the bad feeling that I will forget to download the .tar files you mention). Would there be a way to backup on an SMB mounted filesystem (which physically is on the laptop) directly into a .tar file? In that case I would not need to browse and download it manually. Thanks, Wojtek ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
