Nick, Thanks for the tip. I'll check the link.
Robin On Nov 30, 2007 1:31 PM, Nick Wiltshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using rsync you can keep incremental backups easily and with minimal fuss. > > See: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ > > Tip: use the --link-dest switch, it's a beautiful thing :) > > On November 30, 2007 11:24:28 am Richard Carter wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > When I installed Debian 4.0 I created a big, non-encrypted partition > for > > everything except /boot using Logical Volume Management. This seems to > > have created problems for some backup programs: e.g. sbackup worked for > a > > while and then just quit, mondorescue failed because it couldn't find > > "valid partition tables" for /dev /etc. > > > > But I think I have a simple, elegant solution! While my internal HD > has > > 160GB only about 12GB are used. In addition I have an 80GB external HD. > I > > just use cp -au. It's easy to do, fast and it doesn't require my > esternal > > HD to be running all the time. I run my external HD only when I backup > in > > hopes that is will out live my internal HD. > > > > Any comments? > > > > Robin > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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