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Regards Jesse Z On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:10 PM, John Mort <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like finances are finally starting to move toward my being able to > create a backup server for my home computers over the next few paychecks, > and I'm looking for input on how you guys do your backups, and any > critiques > on what I intend to do. > > I have four computers on my LAN, two Ubuntu laptops, an XP desktop, and an > XP/Ubuntu dualboot desktop. > I'm thinking of having the backup server boot itself up once a day via > BIOS, > ping each of these computers, then attempt a backup of any computers that > are on, then power itself off. > > With the laptops and the dualboot desktop, I figure rsync would work (since > that XP instance is only for gaming, I don't really care about backing it > up). But what would be the best way to back up my wifes XP computer? > > -- > John D. Mort > http://john.mort.net > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Jan 7 - Ruby on Rails > Feb 4 - TBD > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jan 7 - Ruby on Rails Feb 4 - TBD
