-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If I ever start work on it, I'll certainly let you know. It does look possible to do, and you could effectively backup a gigabyte-sized debian system (and maybe other distros) in a few hundred megs or less. Greg On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 08:51:56PM -0500, Ameer Armaly wrote: > I haven't heard of anything like what you're looking for, but would be glad > to help in the development of such a program. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 8:03 PM > Subject: looking for backup suggestions > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Hi all. > > > >There are a good number of backup utilities out there, but none of the > >ones I've found so far seem to be able to do what I'm looking for. So, > >I thought I'd post what I'm looking for here, in the hope that someone > >may know of something that I haven't stumbled across yet. > > > >I'm looking for something that will create a list of all the packages > >installed on my debian system, and put the list of installed packages, > >along with any modified configuration files from the original debian > >config files into a tar.bz2 file, which would then be uploaded to a > >system via rsync over ssh, and then be compared to the file already on > >the rsync system every 24 hours let's say. > > > >The point here being that I could install a basic debian system onto a > >empty box/drive, and have the backup utility fetch the tar archive > >from the rsync system, install any packages that were installed on the > >backed up system, but aren't installed yet on the new system, and copy > >over the configuration files, thus giving me essentially the same > >debian system as the one of which the backup was made. > > > >Failing that, does anyone know of a utility that could archive a > >mounted file system, with the exception of some directories into a > >tar.bz2 file, and upload that to a rsync server over ssh? Then, say > >every 24 hours or so, the program would make a new tar.bz2 archive, > >and use rsync again to synchronize the differences between the 2 > >archives. When I say with the exception of some directories, I mean > >that if for example /dev/hda2 was mounted on /mnt, I would want it > >excluded out of the hda1 archive, which would be mounted under /. So > >in short, every directory except /mnt would be archived in this > >example. > > > >In either case, I'm looking for something that will place most of the > >burden on the machine being backed up, and will place no additional > >burden (other then transferring the archive) on the rsync server. In > >other words, I'm looking for all the cpu intensive stuff to be done on > >the machine that's being backed up or restored. > > > >If nothing like what I'm looking for exists, I might put together > >something myself, but I didn't want to have to reinvent the wheel. I > >also hope that this makes sense. > > > >Greg > > > > > >- -- > >web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > >gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > >skype: gregn1 > >(authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > > >- -- > >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQFDwGTl7s9z/XlyUyARApl2AKCBujh/HeGH3IsUREK89w1Y9FaXLACgikZb > >T/8He5pW01CaweggTX1sIFw= > >=JSZH > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDwHLn7s9z/XlyUyARAoQ1AJ0SWf8/IbY+v2EMhkouG6cuk9kwwgCfQxF0 HZ0sL80dXjOdHrSNUM7ie8Q= =EcgQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
