Hello,
I want to switch from DVDs as a backup medium to a usb flash drive. I have been using Mondo but get tired of feeding it DVD+RWs.
I purchased a 128GB flash drive. I can't get Mondo to write to it. I want to be able to make this device bootable. Do I need it reformat it from a Windows file system to ext4? I never had to format a blank DVD previously.
Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of external media?
TIA
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, TE Dukes wrote:
Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of external media?
Not tested myself yet, but RH EL, and so CentOS, introduced support for Relax-and-Recover in version 6.8: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/htm...
See also http://relax-and-recover.org/documentation/
Based on http://relax-and-recover.org/usage/ it should be feasible... HIH, Gianluca
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gianluca Cecchi Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 8:16 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Backup Question/Solution
On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, TE Dukes wrote:
Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of external media?
Not tested myself yet, but RH EL, and so CentOS, introduced support for Relax-and-Recover in version 6.8: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/htm l/6.8_Release_Notes/new_features_system_and_subscription_management.html
See also http://relax-and-recover.org/documentation/
Based on http://relax-and-recover.org/usage/ it should be feasible... HIH, Gianluca
Had time today to check Relax and Recover.
I screwed up a 128GB flash drive trying to get Mondo working but was able to a rescue disc and backup to my file system where I was able to copy both to another computer.
The backup file can't be on the same partition as the rescue iso.
Have another flash drive on the way.
Thanks!!
TE Dukes wrote:
I purchased a 128GB flash drive. I can't get Mondo to write to it. I want to be able to make this device bootable. Do I need it reformat it from a Windows file system to ext4? I never had to format a blank DVD previously.
Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of external media?
I don't know if it is better, but I use BackupPC. This has an archive option to copy the latest backup to somewhere else. I use it to backup to an external drive every fortnight or so. (I backup every night to a different hard drive on my CentOS machine.)
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