Doug -- ...and then Doug McGarrett said... % % Saw a Samsung portable 500G ssd, but it spoke about s/w for Windows % and Mac. I'd like to have a removable ssd to backup my TW system. Is [snip] Don't worry about that software; it's backup and/or encryption software for each of those platforms, but you don't have to use either to use the device. You basically have three choices: - complete bit-for-bit backup of your disk, suitable both as a second copy and as an alternate/replacement boot device (size should match but could be larger) - full copy plus incremental update copies of your data (size should be bigger) - data sync, likely of both add and delete, of your data (size need only be as large as your data) Once you know what kind of backup you want to accomplish, that will drive what software to use. Fortunately, it's all stock under Linux :-) This is really a basic Linux question rather than a SuSE question, but keep us posted! Have a great evening :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org