[mythtv-users] OT: Free backup solution for my linux boxes?

Boleslaw Ciesielski bolek-mythtv at curl.com
Fri Jun 8 19:10:26 UTC 2007


William Munson wrote:
> After a lightning strike took out my windows boxes last week I am now 
> hyper aware of a need to backup to non-volatile media. I have found a 
> good solution for windows systems however I have not yet found something 
> I like for linux.
> 
> My requirements are:
> 1. Backup to DVD-R
> 2. Backup of all specified partitions. Dont want to back up the tv 
> recordings partition.
> 3. Must use/create bootable DVD so that I do not have to reinstall linux 
> to restore backup.
> 4. No need for periodic backups. I will run them when I make significant 
> changes to the system.

www.bacula.org can do all these, although it may seem like an overkill 
(at first :-)

Bolek


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