owakroeger
2004-12-29, 06:55 PM CST
I first discovered rdiff-backup while I was using RedHat9. I had been looking around at various distributions, and had been doing manual backups. What I really wanted was a backup system which could be set up to run in the background at various times and/or under certain system altering circumstances, such as upgrading or adding an application.
Voila! I came across rdiff-backup, doing a google. So, I pointed synaptic to it and got it downloaded and installed.
The man pages are well written, clear, concise, and contain enough detail to do the job right the first time, but don't inundate you with so much verbage that your eyes develope concentric circles.
Using crontab, and a second hard drive which I only use for backup, I have /boot* , /lib* , /home* , and /usr* fully backed up. Crontab will run rdiff-backup hourly on /home* , weekly on /lib* and /usr*, and monthly on /* .
Because I really love to tinker with things, rdiff-backup has saved me countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears.
I am currently running FC2 (2.6.9Win4Lin). I am considering upgrading to FC3. During my kernel building to get Win4Lin running, and before each upgrade, I always make sure I have a recent rdiff-backup. If my work happens to be between the crontab scheduled times, I do a manual rdiff-backup.
rdiff-backup Never leave home without it.
owa
Voila! I came across rdiff-backup, doing a google. So, I pointed synaptic to it and got it downloaded and installed.
The man pages are well written, clear, concise, and contain enough detail to do the job right the first time, but don't inundate you with so much verbage that your eyes develope concentric circles.
Using crontab, and a second hard drive which I only use for backup, I have /boot* , /lib* , /home* , and /usr* fully backed up. Crontab will run rdiff-backup hourly on /home* , weekly on /lib* and /usr*, and monthly on /* .
Because I really love to tinker with things, rdiff-backup has saved me countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears.
I am currently running FC2 (2.6.9Win4Lin). I am considering upgrading to FC3. During my kernel building to get Win4Lin running, and before each upgrade, I always make sure I have a recent rdiff-backup. If my work happens to be between the crontab scheduled times, I do a manual rdiff-backup.
rdiff-backup Never leave home without it.
owa