Re: Debian backup software.
David Welton wrote: > > Hi, I need to back up 4 or 5 local Debian boxes, and am wondering > which of the various backup programs included in Debian have worked > well for people. I've had a look at afbackup and tob, and they seem > *ok*, but nothing spectacular. I am more interested in something that > is safe and simple... I am not very knowledgable about these sorts of > things, and I want something I can get a handle on quickly, and trust, > rather that something that perhaps has more functionality, but might > mess me up if I goof up a config or something... > > Thanks for your time, > > -- > David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw > > Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org > FWIW, I have a tape drive, and use the 'taper' prog. I like it. -- Ed -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Debian backup software.
On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 05:45:52PM -0700, David Welton wrote: > Hi, I need to back up 4 or 5 local Debian boxes, and am wondering > which of the various backup programs included in Debian have worked > well for people. I've had a look at afbackup and tob, and they seem > *ok*, but nothing spectacular. I am more interested in something that > is safe and simple... I am not very knowledgable about these sorts of > things, and I want something I can get a handle on quickly, and trust, > rather that something that perhaps has more functionality, but might > mess me up if I goof up a config or something... well it depenmds on how you wish to back up ;) I have a SCSI tape drive and swear by them...ok so I don't really have easy random file acess...but... it is swift for backup and restore and thats all I need. on the software side to adress your question... I use good old GNU Tar. I have 1 root partition with everything (no separate /usr or /var) so i just tar clvf /dev/st0 / ^ this prevents it from backinf up: a) floppies or CDROMs I have mounted b) /proc (a substantial oops with 128 MB of physical ram (remmeber /proc/kcore) then for restore...I use "TOm's Unix on a Floppy" and cpio -i pgpZSSRGSLs4g.pgp Description: PGP signature
