Re: Verifying backups

2016-03-07 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 FWIW, the one time I had corruption in my backups the problem was a bad DIMM randomly flipping bits. I now insist on ECC RAM. On 03/07/2016 03:51 PM, Henri Shustak wrote: > Just chiming in slightly off topic. > > As a first step if you are going to

Re: Empty directories aren't backed up in backup-dir

2016-03-07 Thread Henri Shustak
Using the link-dest option would be one way to solve this. If you are seeking a backup system which uses hard links (link-dest), then you may wish to take a look at LBackup Hope this helps. This email

Re: Verifying backups

2016-03-07 Thread Henri Shustak
Just chiming in slightly off topic. As a first step if you are going to be backing up files to some media with a computer it would be a really good idea to ensure, that the hardware being used is not faulty. I am not saying that your hardware is faulty. However, it would be worth checking this