Lyle Backenroth » Backups http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Back Up/Restore Hard Drives And Partitions With CloneZilla Live http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2008/12/06/back-uprestore-hard-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla-live/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-uprestore-hard-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla-live http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2008/12/06/back-uprestore-hard-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla-live/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:45:50 +0000 lyle http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/?p=236 Source: HowToForge.

]]> http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2008/12/06/back-uprestore-hard-drives-and-partitions-with-clonezilla-live/feed/ 0 Using TimeVault to create automated snapshots of directory trees http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/12/23/using-timevault-to-create-automated-snapshots-of-directory-trees/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-timevault-to-create-automated-snapshots-of-directory-trees http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/12/23/using-timevault-to-create-automated-snapshots-of-directory-trees/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:05:01 +0000 lyle http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/12/23/using-timevault-to-create-automated-snapshots-of-directory-trees/ TimeVault is a simple front-end for making snapshots of a set of directories. Snapshots are a copy of a directory structure or file at a certain point in time. Restore functionality is integrated into Nautilus – previous versions of a file or directory that has a snapshot can be accessed by examining the properties and selecting the ‘Previous Versions’ tab.

These instructions are Ubuntu-specific (7.10).

Page 1, Page 2 and Page 3. TimeVault FAQ. [[Source: HowToForge.com ]]

Active forum posts about TimeVault, with suggestions that it be included in Ubuntu going forward. A worthwhile read.

]]> http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/12/23/using-timevault-to-create-automated-snapshots-of-directory-trees/feed/ 0 Linux Backups for the regular user http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/11/28/linux-backups-for-the-regular-user/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=linux-backups-for-the-regular-user http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/11/28/linux-backups-for-the-regular-user/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:48:03 +0000 lyle http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/11/28/linux-backups-for-the-regular-user/ Linux Planet has a 3-part series on simple backups for both single PCs and small networks, using portable USB storage devices. Learn how to nail down your device names in udev, attach your backup command to a menu icon, and schedule regular unattended backups.

Linux Backups for the regular user: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

]]> http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/11/28/linux-backups-for-the-regular-user/feed/ 0 Using GParted to copy/move/backup entire partitions . . . http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/09/07/using-gpareted-to-copymovebackup-entire-partitions/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-gpareted-to-copymovebackup-entire-partitions http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/09/07/using-gpareted-to-copymovebackup-entire-partitions/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:00:10 +0000 lyle http://www.lylebackenroth.com/blog/2007/09/07/using-gpareted-to-copymovebackup-entire-partitions/ GParted is essentially the open source version of Partition Magic. It’s a most-excellent piece of software that can run off a standard Linux distribution for regular partition manipulation, but for wholesale moving or backup of boot partitions you’d have to use the LIVE-CD (only a 50meg ISO) which assures no partitions are mounted, so the process won’t have any resource violations.

This how-to page illustrates how to use GParted to copy whole partitions for backup purposes or for rearranging partitions for dual boot setups, quite helpful indeed!

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