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Subject: Re: The backup
From: Brad Banko <brad.banko () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-03-03 19:21:22
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As a simple home user... I use Grsync from the desktop to backup my home
directory to an external drive, and once per month, I use rsync to copy
backup drive to a second drive.
I really like Grsync from the desktop... two clicks to activate my standard
home directory backup, but I don't understand how to use it from the GUI
desktop to backup say, the entire home directory without tinkering with
everybody's permissions.
For an all-users data backup, I usually just drop into a terminal, log in as
root and use rsync.
I like backing up my data in simple standard file structures that don't
require any special software to read through... my main backup drive is
formatted NTFS. Occasionally I boot the machine into Windows, and it is
nice to be able to access all of the Linux files backed up there easily from
Windows... and vice-versa.
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro>wrote:
> On 03/03/2010 06:50 PM, Hristo Petkov wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > What are you going to backup.
>
> In an ideal world you would backup *everything*.
>
> > The OS is 'backed-up' on the live CD, the applications are 'backed-up'
>
> That's the base OS, without any applications and without updates. Going
> up-to-date will take a lot longer than restoring a backup.
>
> > all over the web, the repository lists can be found in Google, and the
>
> Hunting for apps and installing them online means you can't use your
> computer for your needs.
>
> > user files can simply be copied onto a flash memory - 64 GB for example.
>
> Are you joking? When did you copy last time your /home on a flash
> memory? How long did it take?
>
> > What is more with every new installation of the OS you are becomming
> > better and better - this is a unique chance to improve your skills and
> > to update or upgrade the OS.
>
> I take you never lost you /home so far...
>
> > What are you going to backup.
>
> Usually every user has to decide for a backup strategy examining various
> trade-offs: size, space, time, importance of data.
> For a simple user (the target of the Desktop spin) I expect to be about
> documents, data and settings.
>
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<div>As a simple home user... I use Grsync from the desktop to backup my home \
directory to an external drive, and once per month, I use rsync to copy backup drive \
to a second drive.</div> <div><br>I really like Grsync from the desktop... two clicks \
to activate my standard home directory backup, but I don't understand how to use \
it from the GUI desktop to backup say, the entire home directory without tinkering \
with everybody's permissions.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>For an all-users data backup, I usually just drop into a terminal, log in as \
root and use rsync.</div> <div>I like backing up my data in simple standard file \
structures that don't require any special software to read through... my main \
backup drive is formatted NTFS. Occasionally I boot the machine into Windows, and it \
is nice to be able to access all of the Linux files backed up there easily from \
Windows... and vice-versa.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><br> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Nicu Buculei <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro">nicu_fedora@nicubunu.ro</a>></span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px \
0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="im">On 03/03/2010 06:50 PM, \
Hristo Petkov wrote:<br>> Hi Guys,<br>><br>> What are you going to \
backup.<br><br></div>In an ideal world you would backup *everything*.<br> <div \
class="im"><br>> The OS is 'backed-up' on the live CD, the applications \
are 'backed-up'<br><br></div>That's the base OS, without any applications \
and without updates. Going<br>up-to-date will take a lot longer than restoring a \
backup.<br>
<div class="im"><br>> all over the web, the repository lists can be found in \
Google, and the<br><br></div>Hunting for apps and installing them online means you \
can't use your<br>computer for your needs.<br> <div class="im"><br>> user \
files can simply be copied onto a flash memory - 64 GB for example.<br><br></div>Are \
you joking? When did you copy last time your /home on a flash<br>memory? How long did \
it take?<br> <div class="im"><br>> What is more with every new installation of the \
OS you are becomming<br>> better and better - this is a unique chance to improve \
your skills and<br>> to update or upgrade the OS.<br><br></div> I take you never \
lost you /home so far...<br> <div class="im"><br>> What are you going to \
backup.<br><br></div>Usually every user has to decide for a backup strategy examining \
various<br>trade-offs: size, space, time, importance of data.<br>For a simple user \
(the target of the Desktop spin) I expect to be about<br> documents, data and \
settings.<br><br>--<br>nicu :: <a href="http://nicubunu.ro/" \
target="_blank">http://nicubunu.ro</a> :: <a href="http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/" \
target="_blank">http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/</a><br><font color="#888888">--<br> \
desktop mailing list<br><a \
href="mailto:desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org">desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org</a><br><a \
href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop" \
target="_blank">https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop</a><br> \
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>========<br><br>Plan or \
attend a Linux Installfest near you soon.<br><br>Ubuntu, fedora, OpenSUSE... take \
your pick... Soon there will be Google OS,,, maybe even Google Android for the \
desktop.<br> <br>OpenOffice for your document management... <br><br><br>
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