Re: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-30 Thread Michael Tinsay
"Andres Montiel, CUA" >To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > >Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 13:09:40 >Subject: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files > >Would anyone have a recommendation as to how I can back up my Ub

Re: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-30 Thread Andres Montiel, CUA
Thanks everyone for all your suggestions. Although I do value the inputs about treating OS and data backups separately, I'm inclined to go the bootable CD/usb for my OS and data. That way, I can just save the ISO in another external drive and pick the date that I want to revive. Time for me to rea

Re: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-29 Thread Mark David Dumlao
As much as possible, treat your OS backups separately from your data backups. That's because your data tends to change much faster than your OS, and losing / restoring one doesn't really affect the other that much. That being said: mondorescue/clonezilla -> make a bootable CD for your OS rdiff-bac

Re: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-29 Thread eric pareja
Have you tried Mondo Rescue (http://mondorescue.org)? On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Andres Montiel, CUA wrote: > Would anyone have a recommendation as to how I can back up my Ubuntu 10.10 > system? It has around 200GB of files (it serves as the backup of all the > computers at home so it house

Re: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-29 Thread Heherson Pagcaliwagan
how image it with clonezilla? On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:12 PM, JP Loh wrote: > rsync? > > http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 13:09, Andres Montiel, CUA wrote: >> Would anyone have a recommendation as to how I can back up my Ubuntu 10.10 >> system? It has around 200GB of

Re: [plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-29 Thread JP Loh
rsync? http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 13:09, Andres Montiel, CUA wrote: > Would anyone have a recommendation as to how I can back up my Ubuntu 10.10 > system? It has around 200GB of files (it serves as the backup of all the > computers at home so it houses a ton of phot

[plug] Backing up Ubuntu with 200++ GB worth of files

2011-01-29 Thread Andres Montiel, CUA
Would anyone have a recommendation as to how I can back up my Ubuntu 10.10 system? It has around 200GB of files (it serves as the backup of all the computers at home so it houses a ton of photos and videos). I tried remastersys, but I got a message saying that the file created was larger than iso96