Re: [BackupPC-users] cross backups (gentoo <-> WinXP)

2007-06-22 Thread Randy Barlow
Wojtek Swiatek wrote: > Thank you for the hint. I understand the limitations of WinXP with > hardlinks, but at the same time I would like to make backups as > automatic as possible (I have the bad feeling that I will forget to > download the .tar files you mention). > > Would there be a way to

Re: [BackupPC-users] cross backups (gentoo <-> WinXP)

2007-06-20 Thread Wojtek Swiatek
Randy Barlow wrote: > Wojtek Swiatek wrote: > >> My goal is to back up on my laptop some parts of the desktop when the >> laptop is available on the network (say, /etc to be backed up in >> C:\SERVER_BACKUP\etc). >> In other words, the backup store for "desktop" (which also hosts >> BackupPC)

Re: [BackupPC-users] cross backups (gentoo <-> WinXP)

2007-06-19 Thread Randy Barlow
Wojtek Swiatek wrote: > My goal is to back up on my laptop some parts of the desktop when the > laptop is available on the network (say, /etc to be backed up in > C:\SERVER_BACKUP\etc). > In other words, the backup store for "desktop" (which also hosts > BackupPC) should be on the WinXP laptop.

[BackupPC-users] cross backups (gentoo <-> WinXP)

2007-06-18 Thread Wojtek Swiatek
Greetings, I am a newbie in BackupPC but so far so good - everything works fine. I backup a laptop (WinXP) on a desktop (gentoo). I now would like to try doing cross backups and am looking for some guidance to avoid reinventing the wheel. My goal is to back up on my laptop some parts of the des