On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 09:08:03PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >>I have 3 computer running on Debian Squeeze. One has an unused hard > >>drive that I wish to use as a backup disk for all 3 computers. Is there > >>a simple way to do this that can be completely automated. > > I've got rdiff-backup set up on one machine, and backup ninja set up > on other machines that I want to back up, which I configure with a > neat little tool called ninjahelper. After some digging, this > turned out to be both comprehensive and simple. Things like Amanda > seemed like overkill for a small installation. > > Sites for the tools: > http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ > https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja > > Debian installation is real simple: > >
I just plugin my 1.5TB external usb hdd once a week and do rsync -rvua /home/tony /media/usbdrive/ Of course, that doesn't back up anything I've stuck in /usr/local/bin, or other stuff, but it gets all my important stuff. ./tony -- http://www.tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120204023118.gb30...@deathstar.hsd1.ct.comcast.net
