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 flash memory 'stick' with 32 Gb capacity for > about $30 (source: e-Bay). It's from Hong Kong, is new but of unknown > brand and quality. I'd be careful buying flash memory on eBay, especially from overseas dealers. I've read stories of people buying SanDisk branded flash cards then having the cards fail early in their life. Then they would call SanDisk to put in a warranty claim only to discover the card is a cheap knock-off, ie. not made by SanDisk. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au