Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-25 Thread lee
Ivan Shmakov i...@gray.siamics.net writes: Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net writes: On 20110722_142620, lee wrote: […] There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying to a ^^ If the copy job fails 3/4 way thru, one can pick up the

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-25 Thread lee
Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net writes: On 20110722_142620, lee wrote: There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying to a ^^ If the copy job fails 3/4 way thru, one can pick up the pieces and continue using rsync. So even if it is a one

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-24 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110722_142620, lee wrote: Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info writes: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem [...] My object had been to backup everything before moving from Squeeze to Wheezy Any Suggestions? There isn't much point in using rsync

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-24 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net writes: On 20110722_142620, lee wrote: […] There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying to a ^^ If the copy job fails 3/4 way thru, one can pick up the pieces and continue using rsync. So even if it is a

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-23 Thread lee
Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info writes: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem [...] My object had been to backup everything before moving from Squeeze to Wheezy Any Suggestions? There isn't much point in using rsync since you're neither copying to a remote

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-22 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 12:11 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:33 -0400 Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info wrote: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem.  The tranfer proceeded with many messages

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-22 Thread Alan Chandler
On 22/07/11 00:39, Thomas H. George wrote: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many Isn't this going to go recursive? Since usbmem is another file system the -x flag should prevent this. Also as

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-22 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Alan Chandler a...@chandlerfamily.org.uk writes: On 22/07/11 00:39, Thomas H. George wrote: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. BTW, there's a convention of using /mnt for temporary mounts. […] Isn't this

rsync backup question

2011-07-21 Thread Thomas H. George
I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many messages skipping non-regular file 'foo'. Eventually the transfer hung up with some messages file has vanished 'foo'. I aborted with a ctl-c. df -h reported

Re: rsync backup question

2011-07-21 Thread briand
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:39:33 -0400 Thomas H. George li...@tomgeorge.info wrote: I partitioned a 1 TG usbdrive as ext3, mounted it as /usbmem and entered the command rsync -r / /usbmem. The tranfer proceeded with many messages skipping non-regular file 'foo'. Eventually the transfer hung up

Backup question

2003-11-19 Thread Victory
Hi All, I want to back up some directories on Debian machine to Windows XP CDRW, I want to do it from Windows XP machine I have CDRW with Roxio Easy CD Creator software on Windows XP. Regards, Victor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Backup question

2003-11-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hi victor On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Victory wrote: Hi All, I want to back up some directories on Debian machine to Windows XP CDRW, I want to do it from Windows XP machine I have CDRW with Roxio Easy CD Creator software on Windows XP. i assume you're saying you dont know how to get data

RE: Backup question

2003-11-19 Thread Joyce, Matthew
-Original Message- From: Victory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2003 2:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Backup question Hi All, I want to back up some directories on Debian machine to Windows XP CDRW, I want to do it from Windows XP machine I

Re: Backup question

2003-11-19 Thread Tom
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 02:52:41PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: hi victor On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Victory wrote: Hi All, I want to back up some directories on Debian machine to Windows XP CDRW, I want to do it from Windows XP machine I have CDRW with Roxio Easy CD Creator software on

Re: Backup question

2003-11-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya tom On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Tom wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 02:52:41PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: .. - if you're running vfat on the xp box ... ( good and bad idea ) - create c:\DataFromDebian - copy all your /home/victor stuff to c:\DataFromDebian ( pick your

Re: apt-proxy backup question

2003-02-10 Thread Chris Halls
Hi Richard, On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 06:24:09PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: Is /var/cache/apt-proxy self contained? If I back up that directory, together with /etc/apt-proxy, can I then just reinstall apt-proxy and unpack those 2 to be back where I was? Or are there some indexes or something

Re: apt-proxy backup question

2003-02-10 Thread Richard Hector
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 09:37:26AM +0100, Chris Halls wrote: Hi Richard, On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 06:24:09PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: Is /var/cache/apt-proxy self contained? If I back up that directory, together with /etc/apt-proxy, can I then just reinstall apt-proxy and unpack those

apt-proxy backup question

2003-02-07 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, Is /var/cache/apt-proxy self contained? If I back up that directory, together with /etc/apt-proxy, can I then just reinstall apt-proxy and unpack those 2 to be back where I was? Or are there some indexes or something hidden away? Many thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: MYSQL backup question

2000-12-08 Thread Jeffrey A Schoolcraft
* John Griffiths ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello all, How do i go about backing up and then recovering a mysql database Depends on a number of factors. What version of MySQL are you running? How critical is your DB? Version 3.23.X you can take advantage of mysql's internal replication, set

RE: MYSQL backup question

2000-12-06 Thread Jason Stechschulte
Since this is strictly a mysql question, I would try the mysql mailing list. http://www.mysql.com/documentation/index.html Jason Stechschulte [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MYSQL backup question

2000-12-05 Thread John Griffiths
Hello all, How do i go about backing up and then recovering a mysql database i tried #mysqldump -p --all --add-drop-table foo /home/john/foo.sql then to recover #mysqladmin create -p fooa foo.sql it creates ok but then the php application i run yeilds bad results

general backup question/tar

2000-09-04 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! At the moment I´m cycling through a few tapes doing backups every week or so with tar cvz --exclude /proc --exclude /dev --exclude /tmp / /dev/st0 Are there any precautions I should take that I have forgotten/not yet heard about? I can do a recover to someplace (eg /tmp/recover) and get

Re: general backup question/tar

2000-09-04 Thread Nate Amsden
Robert Waldner wrote: Also, is there a possibility to find out (rather than trying through tar tv(Iz)) if a tape is tar.gz, tar.bz2 or plain tar? use the file command file file will tell you what kind of file the system thinks file is nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/

Re: general backup question/tar

2000-09-04 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya... my favorite topic for flame warsnext to dns flames... I like tar for backups - and i dont worry about restore too much... since if you need to restore...something else is probably (seriously) wrong too - restoring a file from tape is too too

Re: general backup question/tar

2000-09-04 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000 23:53:36 PDT, Alvin Oga writes: my favorite topic for flame warsnext to dns flames... ;-) I like tar for backups - and i dont worry about restore too much... since if you need to restore...something else is probably (seriously) wrong too -

Re: Backup question

1997-09-08 Thread Joost Kooij
Brandon Mitchell wrote: the result of dpkg --get-selections and /var/spool/mail (especially if these are frequent backups and you don't place mail in the user's home directory). Dselect keeps some configuration data deep down in then /var/lib/dpkg tree. And if you run bind/dns then

Backup question

1997-09-05 Thread Shaleh
I am doing a sytem backup, other than /etc, /usr/local stuff, and /home or /root what else do I need to save?? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Backup question

1997-09-05 Thread m*
Shaleh wrote: I am doing a sytem backup, other than /etc, /usr/local stuff, and /home or /root what else do I need to save?? i'm not sure what backup utility you are using, but BACKUP EVERYTHING the first time around! paranoid about whether evrerything gets backed up, m* -- The

Re: Backup question

1997-09-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
the result of dpkg --get-selections and /var/spool/mail (especially if these are frequent backups and you don't place mail in the user's home directory). Brandon - Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: