Re: HD Backup

["L. V. Lammert" <lvl@omnitec.net>]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Ray Holtz wrote:

> Anywho, I’ve got a client on the side up here who wants to backup the
> Linux (Fedora 4) file server I setup for him.  I’m thinking of doing an
> external hard drive backup and just writing a script to copy all the file
> shares to the external HD so he can move that off-site very easily.

5 1/4" External USB
40-260 GB
One caveat - you may have to format the drive before putting IN the USB
carrier.

For SW, rsync is the best.

> Also also, what are anyone’s thoughts on formatting the drives with FAT32
> so that if need be, the drive and its files can be read by a Windows
> computer?
>
Don't do that, .. you would loose all permissions. If you need to access
the disk on another system, just boot with a Knoppix CD.

	Lee

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  Leland V. Lammert            lvl@omnitec.net
    Chief Scientist     Omnitec Corporation
 Network/Internet Consultants   www.omnitec.net
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