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From: Jim on 29 Jun 2010 10:15 On 29/06/2010 14:55, Simon Wilson wrote: >> No, I mean buy a spare HDD and then a USB caddy to put it in. This means >> you can treat it as your backup drive, plug it into the back via USB. >> >> If the internal HDD fails, you do the same process in the opposite >> direction. > > So I can rsync from a 'live' system disk (no open file issues - if I > shut down mysql I should be ok?) Probably that's a good idea, yes. If you were a bank or whatever I'd be recommended additional paranoia but you're not. >> I presume you are using something like Boot Camp to partition your >> system in Mac OS X and Ubuntu? > > OSX is no more - it's just a pure Ubuntu disk - not sure which boot > loader it uses, whatever came with the PPC build. yaboot, probably. Having looked at the specs for that I'd probably recommend booting from the PPC live CD and doing a dd copy. The alternative is a lot of faffing around with mac-fdisk.
From: des in all probability sticking around for another two months on 29 Jun 2010 10:15 On 29-06-2010, Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote: > I have a little server (macmini, powerpc, ubuntu server based) at home > that I'm now quite attached to. It does email, dhcp, webserver all that > kind of stuff. It's taken me quite a long time to get it just right, but > I don't have a decent backup of it. Modify as required .. cat $HOME/bin/autosync #!/bin/sh ## on est ou? /sbin/ifconfig -a | /bin/grep "192.168.1.6" >> /dev/null if [ $? = 0 ]; then host="internal" else host="external" /bin/ping -c 4 sivan.e > /dev/null if [ $? != 0 ]; then /bin/echo "" /bin/echo "Je ne parviens pas a me connecter.." /bin/echo "" exit 1 fi fi if [ $host = "internal" ]; then /usr/bin/scp -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida $HOME/Documents/aadp/My_Posts des(a)sivan:/Users/des/Documents/aadp/My_Posts /usr/bin/scp -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida $HOME/passwords.txt des(a)sivan:/Users/des/passwords.txt /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/Documents/ --exclude des(a)sivan:/Users/des/Documents/aadp/My_Posts --exclude des(a)sivan:/Users/des/passwords.txt $HOME/Documents /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/Sites/ $HOME/Sites /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/Library/Mail/ $HOME/.sivan.mail.backup /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/Pictures/ $HOME/Images/sivan.pictures /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/passwords.txt $HOME/passwords.txt /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/.vimrc $HOME/.vimrc exit 0 fi if [ $host = "external" ]; then /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan.e:/Users/des/Documents/ $HOME/Documents # /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/passwords.txt $HOME/passwords.txt # /usr/bin/rsync -avz -e "ssh -i $HOME/keys/shirele_ida" des(a)sivan:/Users/des/.vimrc $HOME/.vimrc exit 0 fi -- des 'The Jews haven't attacked any Arab village, unless attacked first' (Ismayil Safwat, 'Palestinian' (sic) commander, March 1948)
From: Simon Wilson on 29 Jun 2010 10:30 On 29/06/2010 14:58, Paul Carmichael wrote: > Simon Wilson escribió: > >> I have a little server (macmini, powerpc, ubuntu server based) at home >> that I'm now quite attached to. It does email, dhcp, webserver all that >> kind of stuff. It's taken me quite a long time to get it just right, but >> I don't have a decent backup of it. >> >> Taking the HD out is quite a pain due to the case design. >> >> What's the best way to take an image backup of the whole disk such that >> it would just boot from the copy if I needed it to? >> >> Free is good. > > Mondo. > Looks interesting. Have you tried it, and successfully recovered from it? -- /Simon
From: Catman on 29 Jun 2010 10:35 Simon Wilson wrote: > On 29/06/2010 14:01, Catman wrote: >> Simon Wilson wrote: >>> I have a little server (macmini, powerpc, ubuntu server based) at home >>> that I'm now quite attached to. It does email, dhcp, webserver all >>> that kind of stuff. It's taken me quite a long time to get it just >>> right, but I don't have a decent backup of it. >>> >>> Taking the HD out is quite a pain due to the case design. >>> >>> What's the best way to take an image backup of the whole disk such >>> that it would just boot from the copy if I needed it to? >>> >>> Free is good. >>> >>> tia >>> >> >> Carbon cloner >> http://mac-free.com/download/Carbon-Copy-Cloner.html >> or use time machine.... >> > > "ubuntu server" > *doh* -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Paul Carmichael on 29 Jun 2010 10:50
Simon Wilson escribió: > On 29/06/2010 14:58, Paul Carmichael wrote: >> Simon Wilson escribió: > >> Mondo. >> > > Looks interesting. > > Have you tried it, and successfully recovered from it? > I use it now and again to back up. Never had cause to test its ability to restore, but there's a very active mailing list where you can ask for assurances: mondo-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio), Orbea Dakar BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30 http://paulcarmichael.org/ (content pending) |