On 9 May 2011 10:29, Carl Turney <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
What about one of the copy-on-write filesystems (ext3cow, btrfs, zfs, reiser4)? Apparently these have the ability to make an atomic snapshot, which can then be archived off to a separate disk at your leisure. Has anyone used one, and have any useful comments? -- Stephen Irons ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
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