[SC.LUG] Backing Up Query

[Richard Smedley]

On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 08:36 +0000, Nev wrote:
> on a similar vein, does anyone have any experience with bacula backup??
> i'm having major problems on a ubuntu 6.06LTS install. i'm trying to
> backup to a usb hdd, which is currently vfat, however i think it maybe
> better if i change that to ext2(3) and start again. any thoughts/comments?

I've only given bacula a cursory glance, about a year ago, but
I was quite impressed. I should take a proper look soon.

If it's just a one off backup before re-installing, then cp -a
may be enough but, as you say, ext2 has advantages; particularly
permissions/ownership.

Cheers,

 - Richard