I've used CDRs for the backups I've done on CD. They are cheap enough that they work out better than trying to do a CDRW over and over.
Backup anything you can't afford to loose <G>. Some things in your home directory - personal stuff such as financial and other records you want to keep. You only need some of /etc - the stuff that gets changed, any local scripts or programs you write. > On Sunday 10 August 2003 04:31, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > It depends on the amount of data you have. Hard drives and tapes can > > backup a lot of data. However, for a home user you probably aren't > > backing up that much. For ease of ue take a look at using a CDR or CDRW. > > If you have more than fits on one CD then split you backups up to use > > more CDs. You can also backup to another system's hard drive if you have > > space (which yoiu indicate you don't) but sooner or later that should be > > backed up to another media. > > Yes, I figured that CDR and CDRW would be best. But there is difference > also. CDRWs are more expensive and some CD readers read them not so > reliably as CDRs. CDRs on the other hand are cheap, and are read more > reliably but you can through them away after the next backup. So I still > don't know what is better. I suppose it depends on the backup frequency. > The are not so many files that get changed every day or even every week, > most files are just there like some nice pictures or old documents. > > My home directory is 2.1G so I will need at least 4 CDRs for that. Also > /etc is also worth backing up as well as some files from /var/cache/edb. > What else would you suggest for a backup? > > > Regards, > Renat -- Brett I. Holcomb AKA Grunt <>< -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
