Hello, I'm running Ubuntu 10.4.2 on essentially one computer, as a basic SOHO user-desktop system. It's connected to Vodafone broadband for system updates, FTPs, emails, browsing, etc.
For about 5 years I've been running my "you-beaut clone backup" script (which uses rsync) from a "genuine" (Ctrl-Alt-F1) command-line shell (and =not= just a Terminal window within the GUI), while logged out of the GUI. Been doing that while at runlevel 5, with no apparent problems, yet. Have even re-designated the occasional clones thus created into becoming my new Master Drive. So far so good, I guess. But I think I'd better start doing these in runlevel 1, in order to minimise any background processes changing the source filesystem during backup. Am I right in assuming that this is the best way to do it... Make sure I am logged out of the GUI. Use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a genuine shell prompt. Execute... sudo init 1 Then execute my backup script When done, execute... shutdown -P now (in order to remove the re-cloned backup drive) Thanks for your help. Carl _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
