[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Synchronize two computers



Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>>> I just bought the Acer One netbook, on which Lenny seems to work fine.
>>> What I need now is:
>>>
>>> 1) connect it to my old Hyundai laptop so to share data between the two;
>>>
>>> 2) periodically save, e.g. to the Hyundai the changes I made in my home
>>> directory in the Acer and viceversa.  I wish that only the files that
>>> really changed were copied, so to save useless time.
>>>
>>> Can anybody provide suggestions about both issues?  I've never connected
>>> two machines together.


Thanks to all who replied!

It seems that Samba and rsync are the two best way to do what I want.  I
regularly use rsync to do my daily backups, but:

1) how do I connect the two machines?  Any special cable, and where to put it?

2) it seems to me that rsync processes *all* the files and not only the ones
   that really have changed, which would take long with my 2G home dir.  Maybe
   some special option of rsync?

Thanks again
Rodolfo


Reply to: