Re: Flash memory as a backup for the Home directory

2010-03-02 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2010-03-02 09:54:03 UTC+1000, Geoffrey (gcomb...@bigpond.com) wrote: > Having installed grsync I am about to buy an external memory to back up > my Ubuntu home directory. grsync looks good. I use rsync regularly but wasn't aware of a GUI frontend for it. > However I have found a USB flas

Re: Flash memory as a backup for the Home directory

2010-03-02 Thread Paul Gear
Geoffrey wrote: > Having installed grsync I am about to buy an external memory to back up > my Ubuntu home directory. > For what I do on a PC I don't need much memory. At present there is 5.6 > Gb on the HDD. This will increase but probably never exceed 20 Gb. > The smallest and cheapest external d

Re: Flash memory as a backup for the Home directory

2010-03-01 Thread Martin Visser
I think it is a great idea. When I run Ubuntu on my work notebook, an 8GB flash key is not only my home directory, but my root as well. Flash does wear out (though the onboard controller on the keys should manage a lot of that issue), and can fail like any other electronics. It is still early da