Dougie, TY. But I will have up to four PCs with (on two machines) LINUX and Windoze.<br>That looks like a LOT of scripting unless someone can suggest a short cut?<br><br>===> On 8 Oct 2006 at 16:28, Douglas Nisbet wrote :-<br><br>> Stephen Patterson wrote:<br>> > On 08 Oct 06, Peter Holmes (fopetsys@yahoo.co.uk) wrote:<br>> > <br>> >> Which backup software do you recommend? I did some digging and AMANDA seems to be about the best though do I want to spend a week setting it up? I also have some minor concerns about AMANDA's long term free-as-in-beer situation ... note the number of ads seen around the net on 'about.com', etc.<br>> >> There's also AFBACKUP, BACULA and MONDO plus a few more but support appears thin.<br>> >> <br>> ><br>> > So many options :) I'd use rsync & a custom shell script unless you need the<br>> > data stored compressed on the server.
That does have the advantage that if<br>> > things fail severely all the data is still on a regular filesystem.<br>> ><br>> > <br>> >> Also, what's the best flavour of LINUX to use? A desktop bias isn't necessary since I can just about work my way around with the Command Line. I use UBUNTU at present which is fine as a desktop machine but it tries too hard to be all-things-to-everybody and hog resources.<br>> >> <br>> ><br>> > ubuntu's not bad though I prefer debian. It can be slimmed down a lot by doing a<br>> > custom install so you only install the software you're going to use (so you<br>> > don't end up with gnome-* & kde-*). <br>> ><br>> > <br>> That's scary. That's pretty much 100% what I'd say, and what I do. <br>> Here's the script I use for backing up my digital photos from my XP <br>> machine, though all that's really
neeed is two commands. The smbmount <br>> and the rsync. (Ok, 3 if you include the umount!)<br>> <br>> Dougie<br>> <br><br><BR><BR><font face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial"><pre><font face="Verdana, Arial"><br></font></pre></font><p> 
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