"From a hardware aspect two same sized drives both bootable is the
cheapest
> most convenient form of operation, with built a in recovery option."
the above sounds like the simplest, lowest maintenance solution to me.
so when my old original drive crashes, just switch to boot from the
newer drive. I supposed I would have to initially do a complete disk
copy from the old to the new, then just update the files I need saved
(home directory) regularly. I guess I would also need to check now and
again the verify that the new backup disk is still even bootable as I
keep adding files (boot which aren't system files, just data file in
/home). Of course if lightning strikes, I'm up $*!t creek, but chances
are I'll be sitting at the computer at that time also, so no worries. ;)
On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 03:34, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> From a hardware aspect two same sized drives both bootable is the cheapest
> most convenient form of operation, with built a in recovery option.
>
>
> > If I want to become responsible and start backing up my data on a daily
> > basis, what's the simplest, lowest maintenance way to go? I'm thinking
> > a cron job that runs a bash script which copies specified folders to the
> > other drive. Does this sound like a path of least resistance? Is there
> > good free open source software that can manage this for me?
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