Re: Preferred Backup Method?
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 05:19:48PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> I have another laptop sitting around with a 60GB HDD; Could I use that
> as a backup?
Sure. Note, however, that if that's you're only backup, and the only
use for that laptop, that since the drive is small compared to the
source drive, you want to minimize other use of that 60 GB drive.
Debian has a larger footprint than e.g. OpenBSD. I'd install a base
OpenBSD, with only the required install sets. Then install the rsync
package. OBSD base already comes with ssh so you should be set. Put
the backups somewhere under /home (leave the rest of the hier for OBSD)
so you can do upgrades every six months as they come out. Since this
box isn't going to be connected to anything but the source box, you
probably don't have to worry about compiling patches.
The OpenBSD install should fit in a 400 MB partition, with /home on a
partition (slice) that takes up the rest of the drive.
Doug.
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