[ubuntu-za] SBACKUP DOESN'T BACKUP TO DVD+RW?

[vincent]

Wesley wrote:
> Hi Vincent
>
> I tried sbackup long ago and also had a couple issues, but I backup to 
> an external drive and not DVD.
>
> I ended up going the rsync approach, as it has plenty of cool 
> flexibility, it just requires some setting up. Here is a howto 
> <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=988215> I posted on setting 
> this up, and it still works :) And here is an Ubuntu help article on 
> rsync <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync> too.
>
> If you do go this route, there are command line tools (dvd+rw-tools) 
> to burn DVD's.
>
> If you prefer a GUI for backups see this Ubuntu article 
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem#Backup%20From%20a%20Graphical%20User%20Interface> 
> too. That reminds me, I have to setup a full-system backup on my new 
> terrabyte drive, they had a special at Makro recently :)
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:55 PM, vincent <bullet at ballmail.co.za 
> <mailto:bullet at ballmail.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     Hello folks,
>
>     I have been using sbackup to backup to a usb stick on 8.04 and
>     decided,
>     because of the size of the backup, to rather use a dvd, but the
>     sbackup
>     program shuts down every time I insert a dvd in the drive.
>
>
Hi Wesley,

Thanks so much for your reply and help.

I looked at your instructions on using rysnc, as well as the ubuntu 
article's and down-loaded grysnc.

Grysnc doesn't appear to allow one to exclude files, ie media, tmp, 
proc, var/backup, but this is not a serious problem.

I would imagine that rysnc probably has this option, so maybe it's time 
to start a bit more in-depth learning about linux,(this, I would say, is 
not a bad thing?) and stop behaving like a windows user :-)

Once again many thanks for your help!

Vincent
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