[TriLUG] CDR backup suggestions?

[Cristobal Palmer]

Please ignore (1) below, as it proves that I failed to read the first email 
in the installfest thread.

Still, question (2) stands, since I have files I want to back up under both 
systems' partitions (Debian/XP), and my googling has given me a bewildering 
array of possibilities that don't look terribly enticing. For example, I've 
browsed ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/backup/ and 
http://directory.fsf.org/sysadmin/backup/

--------REAL QUESTION STARTS HERE--------
I'm looking at something I can point at /d (for example) and then have it 
respond by prompting me for CDRs each time it has a new CDR-sized .tar.gz 
file to burn. When it's done, I'll have a stack of CDRs that cover 
everything in the /d directory tree. Anybody seen such an animal?

Anybody used backuper? 
http://directory.fsf.org/sysadmin/backup/Backuper.html

How about backup2l? http://backup2l.sourceforge.net/

Thanks all,

CMP

P.S. I'm taking last month's rather miserable failure of my external HD--my 
backup--as a sign that God wants me to back up my personal data more 
regularly. That, or God objects to Complete Radiohead and Led Zeppelin 
collections on the same HD. Either way, I'm ditching Western Digital and 
picking up a backup habit. Help me choose a good bottle... err... backup 
method.

On 6/17/05, Jeff Groves <jgroves at krenim.org> wrote:
> 
> Answer to number 1) http://www.waketech.edu/
> 
> Jeff G.
> 
> Cristobal Palmer wrote:
> 
> >2 questions:
> >
> >(1) where exactly is this Wake Tech place (address of the building so I 
> can
> >mapquest it)?
> >(2) Best balance of fast/easy/safe way to back up my current Debian/XP
> >dual-boot hd so I can raze it and install a debian only system with a 
> fresh
> >kernel? I've got a UNC-CH CCI-issue ThinkPad T30, a spindle of CDRs and a
> >friend's external drive (USB 2.0) with about 10G available (I think it's
> >vfat).


(It's NTFS--I'm dumb)

>
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >-CMP
> >
> >On 6/17/05, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On 6/17/05, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>as we mentioned earlier, we're going to try a slightly modified format
> >>>for this event. in addition to the traditional installfest part which
> >>>will be focused on getting linux installed on hardware, we'll also have
> >>>a general help session for those who have linux installed but would 
> like
> >>>assistance with a particular problem.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Well I'd love to have some help in developing/reviewing a safe
> >>strategy to safely migrate my workstation/server from RH9 to Ubuntu
> >>hoary or Debian sarge. I've got two small scsi drives, and two large
> >>ATA drives, none of which are under LVM, and some critical web apps,
> >>one of which, a wiki is relatively popular and has a sizeable mysql
> >>database and image library built up.
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Cristobal M. Palmer
UNC-CH SILS Student
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cmpalmer at ils.unc.edu
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"Television-free since 2003"