Backing up.

[Willy K. Hamra]

Knapp wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Tycho Andersen <tycho at tycho.ws> wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Knapp wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, I have been dumb for years and gotten away with it. Now I want
>>> to start backing up my system.
>>> What is the best software for this? Is there a system that backs up
>>> only what you say and then every week or day or whatever does an
>>> incremental backup perhaps linked to cron, so I don't have to think
>>> about it? What is the best software?
>>> Thanks from the backup stupid me.
>> If you're not scared of configuring cron, check out the command line
>> utility rdiff-backup (there may be associated GUI frontends, I'm not
>> sure). I have a script set up to mirror all the important directories
>> locally across disks and remotely over ssh once a week.
>>
>> rdiff-backup will create a mirror of a particular directory, where each
>> subsequent backup will be incremental. It will also let you explore the
>> revision information, which is stored in a special subdirectory. It
>> can function like rsync, doing remote backups over ssh efficiently.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Tycho
> 
> I not fraid of CLI or compiling or hard to set up stuff but I would
> really like to have something full service, easy and gui, so I can
> have a life. If I can't then I can't and will live with the CLI :-)
> 
> My past backup (last year??) was to DVD but I was thinking of getting
> a new drive and doing it to that or I could just stick with the DVD.
> Last time the DVD backup was done using dvdisaster in RS02 mode by
> hand.
> 

i very simply use tar for my backups, easy, simple, good compression,
and backup the whole system with it on a monthly basis, or when i'm
going to do something new and dangerous to the system.
here's a link for you
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=2fd09884dfcd5bf3c575cf72aba05520&t=35087

i never liked keep in KDE3, not sure if it's in kDE4 still.

-- 
Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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