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it copies files over as individual files, not a huge mega file,
and can update only  the changed files too...

But I dont know if you can do this from ubuntu...



                   [george]

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From: "Morven Lewis-Everley" <m.lewis.everley at googlemail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 4:03 PM
To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [HLUG] SATA drive question

> Ah, I want aware of a filesize limit. The issue I have with NTFS is that 
> if
> you dont disconnect it from a Windows machine properly then you cant open 
> it
> in Linux without accessing it as root from the terminal. Which is a bit of 
> a
> pain, as getting windows to unmount drives properly seems near impossible!
>
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Paul Stenning 
> <paul at vintage-radio.com>wrote:
>
>> I'm using Simple Backup with a pair of 500GB USB drives (swapped over
>> each week with one kept off-site) formatted to NTFS, with Ubuntu 8.04.
>> It works fine, and I can also plug the drive into a windows PC and open
>> the backup files with Winzip as they are .tar.gz files.
>>
>> The trouble with FAT32 is that the maximum filesize is 4GB and my full
>> backup files are much bigger than that.  I don't know whether Simple
>> Backup would create multiple 4GB files or just fail.  Ubuntu 8.04 seems
>> to have no problems reading and writing NTFS partitions which don't have
>> that filesize limit.
>>
>> When I swap the drives I delete the backup files from the one I am
>> putting on (which is the older one), which forces it to do a full backup
>> first, then it carries on with incrementals.
>>
>> The only thing I haven't done yet is a test restore because I don't have
>> another Ubuntu PC with a big enough hard disk currently.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>> Morven Lewis-Everley wrote:
>> > I already do exactly what you are planning, and I would recommend 
>> > FAT32.
>> >
>> > If you are using ubuntu, search the add/remove for an app called 
>> > "simple
>> > backup" (i think), which can schedual backups or perform then at the
>> click
>> > of a button, it also does incremental backups
>> >
>> > Mo
>> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:36 PM, dicegeorge at hotmail dot com <
>> > dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> i think best to have it as FAT32
>> >> which all operating systems can read and write to...
>> >>
>> >> should be easy to drag folders onto it,
>> >> and to have lots of folders,
>> >>
>> >> cheap and enough room to back up everything
>> >> even the weird unix folders which you dont understand
>> >> cos there might be a setting hidden away somewhere
>> >> and you'll only know when youve lost it and you need it..
>> >>
>> >> and room for loads of photos, cds, xp stuff...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>                   [george]
>> >>
>> >> ~                      [g]                         ~
>> >> ~        george at dicenews.com      ~
>> >> ~               07970 378 572            ~
>> >> ~         www.dicegeorge.com        ~
>> >> ~                     (c)2008                  ~
>> >> ~                                                   ~
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --------------------------------------------------
>> >> From: <grhmc at lavabit.com>
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:28 PM
>> >> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <
>> herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> >> Subject: [HLUG] SATA drive question
>> >>
>> >>> Taking George's advice on backing up wholesale to an external hard
>> disk,
>> >>> my first step has been the purchase of a disk. It's got SATA drive so 
>> >>> I
>> >>> need to know:
>> >>>
>> >>> 1 Will it be easy from linux to do a backup of my complete home file 
>> >>> to
>> >>> this external disk
>> >>>
>> >>> 2 Could I also put other files on to the disk from a completely
>> different
>> >>> system, eg a digital camera or an XP system.
>> >>>
>> >>> thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> Graham
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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