On Saturday 20 January 2007 15:42, Kai Ponte wrote: > What would y'all suggest here? > > I just bought a new Maxtor 300 GB (though that's their measure as if 1GB = > 1M bytes) and external usb drive enclosure. > > I plan to use this to back up data on both my *nix systems and a Win2K > system. > > What do you suggest for formatting?
Here's what I do: 1) For linux files, I make a partition on another linux machine that will be an exact copy of the identical partition on my main machine. For example, / <main> gets copied to /root-b on the backup machine. And I do that in both directions if I want to backup the other machine as well. 2) For Windows machines (I have several here including a laptop), I use Acronis TrueImage to make an EXACT backup of the Windows partitions (compressed). That backup file (1 file can contain 1 or more partitions) e gets copied to a partition on the backup machine.... as a linux file. All of the Windows information is in that file and an EXACT restore is possible. This has saved my bacon from having to rebuild an XP machine many times. I sleep well at night with TrueImage. TrueImage will also let you pull a file or a folder out of that backup file, so it is NOT an all or nothing restore solution. And.... it will also create its image files over a network so you can write the file directly to your linux backup area. This came in very handy when I wanted to replace a laptop HD. Create the image file, swap drives, do the restore. No sweat. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
