Roger Searle wrote: > I need to be confident that I am backing up all my "important stuff", but > am not really sure what that might be. In windows I can quickly add a > bunch of folders to a backup job and know that I've got everything in case > of a total failure. But what should I back up in linux? The home folder, > of course, and all my data files on a fat32 partition that I am accessing > on windows as well (which includes my email folders). I realise that there > is > (thankfully) no registry, but where are all the settings stored? Is there > an equivalent of the "documents and settings" folders? What is a "best > practice" for this type of backup? > > And how to do this? Create tar files and gzip them? Is that "required > knowledge"? Or are there better tools? > > Then of course I need to automate this. Cron jobs? Or are there better > ways? > > Roger
Have a look at Mandrakes Backup tool. Menu > System > Configuration > Configure your computer. When it loads System > Backup. It should be capable of do what ever's needed. It supports back up to HardDisk (local or NFS), CD-R/DVD-R, Tape, Network (ssh, ftp, rsync and webdav). AS well as supporting various compression formats tar.gz, tar.bz2 etc. As well as having all the usual options to choose when to back up, how often etc. Chad
