On 09/29/2011 12:26 AM, linux guy wrote: > I'm building a home server that will run a MythTV backend, zoneminder ... > > Questions > > 3) How does one mount the drives for the OS to access ? I know all > about the mount command and auto mounting, etc, but how do I reference > the drives ? mount the drives by UUID or by Label - just like fedora installer does. Use the 'e2label' command to label a disk and simply put something like this in your fstab (for example) LABEL=MythBackup /mnt/mythback ... If you prefer UUID the blkid command will help. > > 4) How should I approach data backup ? Right now I have about 250 GB of > nearly irreplaceable digital images. RAID ? Periodic backup to a > (rotated, stored off site) hard drive via the hot swap slot in the case ? whether you RAID or not, I'd suggest backing up to 1 or more USB drives using rdiff-backup (or just rsync if you prefer). I double backup to USB drives .. if using rdiff-backup you may want to trim the incrementals to the last few months or whatever. gene -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
