On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:51:31 +0200 Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > AG skrev: > > Thus, can I please have a few recommendations for a backup routine that > > is safe for dummies (i.e. me) and is low maintenance that I can just > > leave to run according to a cron job once (or twice) a week? It would > > be backing up to my former IDE HDD (now in an enclosure) via an USB. > > > I know it is considered insufficient, as another poster wrote, but I use > rdiff-backup to backup my home directory in a manner similar to what you > describe, and I am pleased so far. I do the same, with rdiff-backup and rsnapshot, a similar tool. I use an external USB drive, which I usually keep in a different, albeit nearby, building, and an old headless system, which is in a different state (I'm backing up a laptop, and I travel between the two locations relatively frequently). Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
