On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 2:56 PM George N. White III <gnwiii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> My new computer has got 2 disks: a SSD and a HDD one. >> >> The SSD disk is large enough to have Fedora and my entire home >> directory on that. >> >> Now, I am intending to use the HDD disk for backuping. And my question >> is: How should I format the HDD disk? > > > Assuming you know how to partition and format a disk, you need to think > about the filesystem type, partitions, etc. for the HDD. > > Using an internal disk for backups is no replacement for > external storage (cloud or removable drive) that is stored offsite. > Internal backups can be useful when files are accidentally deleted, > the root filesystem is corrupted, or a system fails to boot. You may > want to consider putting a stripped-down OS on the HDD for use > in repairing problems with the system on the SSD. There are > a number of suitable backup tools for this use case. Fedora has: > > $ dnf info timeshift > Copr repo for qgis owned by dani 8.1 kB/s | 3.6 kB 00:00 > Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64 27 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > Fedora Modular 31 - x86_64 - Updates 91 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > Fedora 31 - x86_64 - Updates 41 kB/s | 16 kB 00:00 > Fedora 31 - x86_64 - Updates 1.1 MB/s | 2.3 MB 00:02 > Installed Packages > Name : timeshift > Version : 19.01 > Release : 1.fc31 > Architecture : x86_64 > Size : 3.1 M > Source : timeshift-19.01-1.fc31.src.rpm > Repository : @System > From repo : fedora > Summary : System restore tool for Linux > URL : https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift > License : GPLv3+ or LGPLv3+ > Description : Timeshift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to > : the System Restore feature in Windows and the Time Machine tool in Mac OS. > : Timeshift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of the file > : system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date > : to undo all changes to the system. > : > : In RSYNC mode, snapshots are taken using rsync and hard-links. Common files > : are shared between snapshots which saves disk space. Each snapshot is a full > : system backup that can be browsed with a file manager. > : > : In BTRFS mode, snapshots are taken using the in-built features of the BTRFS > : filesystem. BTRFS snapshots are supported only on BTRFS systems having an > : Ubuntu-type subvolume layout (with @ and @home subvolumes). > > This requires a filesystem that supports hard-links. Another approach is to create archives of > the system as large files on an NTFS filesystem. This can be useful if you have an > external case and a second system running MacOS or Windows. Some people have > multiple HDD's and periodically swap them with the old versions stored offsite. Thanks George and Patrick, for your help and suggestions. Paul _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
