I want to back up the entire HD. Carlos
On Saturday, May 1, 2004, at 10:04 PM, Brian wrote: > Is a drag and drop copy of a home folder ok? I never get errors when I > do that. > > Brian O'Neal > > > > On May 1, 2004, at 9:55 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > >> On May 1, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Carlos Nazario asked: >> >>> I have an iBook with a 6 gig HD that I want to back up on my LaCie >>> 20 gig USB HD. Each time I try to back it up it says a couple of >>> different things including that some things can't be copied. Is >>> there a easy way around this? >> >> The way I do it is to get into the terminal and type >> >> sudo ditto --rsrc / >> /Volumes/name_of_USB_drive/directory_where_you_want_junk_kept >> >> It will prompt you for your password and copy everything, assuming >> you have administrative privileges. >> >> Some people also recommend the GUI programs >> >> Silverkeeper <http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/> >> Carbon Copy Cloner <http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
