Have to admit that I am do not backup on regularly. There are some files, especially photos, that I save on cdrom but everything else I leave to the chance that something happens to my hard drive and I loose all my setups and personal files. I want to change that. Its one of my good intentions for 2011 ;) . I want to use a 2Gb usb stick. Looking into the backup programs in Yast I am really confused which of the programs would be best suited for me. The usb stick should not be inserted all the time. Advice please. -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.37-rc5-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.5.4 (KDE 4.5.4) "release 9" 11:47am up 0:24, 2 users, load average: 1.40, 1.25, 1.05 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi! Am Sonntag 19 Dezember 2010 schrieb C. Brouerius van Nidek:
Have to admit that I am do not backup on regularly. There are some files, especially photos, that I save on cdrom but everything else I leave to the chance that something happens to my hard drive and I loose all my setups and personal files. I want to change that. Its one of my good intentions for 2011 ;) .
I want to use a 2Gb usb stick. Looking into the backup programs in Yast I am really confused which of the programs would be best suited for me. The usb stick should not be inserted all the time. Advice please.
I found rsnapshot to work very well. Both for Stick based as well as network based setups. Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Bach www.marix.org „Der einzige Weg, die Grenzen des Möglichen zu finden, ist ein klein wenig über diese hinaus in das Unmögliche vorzustoßen.“ - Arthur C. Clarke
On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 12:38 +0100, Matthias Bach wrote:
Hi!
Am Sonntag 19 Dezember 2010 schrieb C. Brouerius van Nidek:
Have to admit that I am do not backup on regularly. There are some files, especially photos, that I save on cdrom but everything else I leave to the chance that something happens to my hard drive and I loose all my setups and personal files. I want to change that. Its one of my good intentions for 2011 ;) .
I want to use a 2Gb usb stick. Looking into the backup programs in Yast I am really confused which of the programs would be best suited for me. The usb stick should not be inserted all the time. Advice please.
I found rsnapshot to work very well. Both for Stick based as well as network based setups.
Just a word of caution. Using cd/dvd/blu-ray for long-term storage is not advised. Heard many stories that valuable stuff (photo's, music, original docs) coud not be retrieved after a year. If you want to use them, create fresh backup's each year. Or better, use dedicated external USB-drives or tapes. And finally, don't put your trust on a single item: Multipe backups, stored at different locations (fire, water, collaps, theft, ...) Better safe than sorry and some things can't be replaced. hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday, 2010-12-19 at 16:06 +0100, Hans Witvliet wrote:
Just a word of caution. Using cd/dvd/blu-ray for long-term storage is not advised. Heard many stories that valuable stuff (photo's, music, original docs) coud not be retrieved after a year.
Only if you use media of doubtful quality. I haven't yet lost a DVD. It will happen, eventually, but not that often as you say. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk0RTNwACgkQtTMYHG2NR9We+wCdHvRfhGr8rpf21ZORqi/TumhM TT8AoICfgQSJ+QrSHYF01KN3eq+HFi76 =27ha -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 19 Dec 2010 11:38:54 Matthias Bach wrote:
Hi!
Am Sonntag 19 Dezember 2010 schrieb C. Brouerius van Nidek:
Have to admit that I am do not backup on regularly. There are some files, especially photos, that I save on cdrom but everything else I leave to the chance that something happens to my hard drive and I loose all my setups and personal files. I want to change that. Its one of my good intentions for 2011 ;) .
I want to use a 2Gb usb stick. Looking into the backup programs in Yast I am really confused which of the programs would be best suited for me. The usb stick should not be inserted all the time. Advice please.
I found rsnapshot to work very well. Both for Stick based as well as network based setups.
Regards, Matthias
Agreed. I use rsnapshot here. Very happy. Bob -- Registered Linux User #463880 FSFE Member #1300 GPG-FP: A6C1 457C 6DBA B13E 5524 F703 D12A FB79 926B 994E openSUSE 11.3 64-bit, Kernel 2.6.36.90-desktop, KDE 4.5.3 Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz, 8GB DDR RAM, nVidia GeForce 9600GT -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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