I'm happy to post my generic backup script that you can run from cron and forget. If not too much personal data, then ftp'ing to your server / emailing to a gmail account ( nail is a good simple command line tool to send a tgz as an attachment ) are both good options for offsite backup.
Steve On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:48:04 +1300 Eliot Blennerhassett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Irons wrote: > > * no desktop distro comes with a backup system for grandma > > Can anybody contradict this statement? > (I tend to agree it is true, including the other home user OSes) > > Given the prevailing wisdom (on this list anyway) that harddrives WILL > fail, surely backup is just as important as firewall, antivirus etc for > overall system security. "You DID back up you files didn't you??" > > Working system = > Working [apps email internet printing display wireless BACKUP]? > > Should desktop distros install *something* by default that increases > data security? > > Do you know of either > * an existing backup system that will work for Grandma? > or > * a wizard (i.e. documented deterministic process) to set up one of the > existing backup solutions for gurus so it works for Grandma? > > Hmmm. What can I install on this ubuntu box? > amanda, backuppc, bacula, chiark-backup, flexbackup, hdup, hubackup, > kdar, keep, konserve, mondo, rdiff-backup, sbackup, simplebackup, slbackup, > > AFAIK, none of these is installed by default. Which, if any, could > grandma cope with? > > Anyone have any comments on any of the above systems. > (I'll reply to myself about Bacula which I am using atm) > =============================================================== > My off the cuff thoughts about what grandmas-backup should do: > > * run automatically > > * install with defaults that do something to back up data, even if it is > not ideal > > * suggest/use available backup devices E.g. Partition on hard drive, 2nd > hard drive, CD or DVD writer, other networked PC, internet storage of > some kind etc. > > * Prompt periodically for better backup (eg if backup is only happening > to local HDD - "Time to call your grandson to back up your photos...") > > * Back up the at least home directory, system configuration, (? > understand what is easily restored from installation media or network) > > * Your sage advice here -> > ================================================================ > > regards > > Eliot > ===== > See the 1st and 7th items: > http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/haiku.html > >
