count me in as well. I could use the experience, and it would be kind of fun. Tyler Littlefield. Check out our website: http://tysplace.the-leetest.net check out my blog: livejournal.com/~tylerrl [my programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features] [failure is not an option, it comes bundled with windows!] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ameer Armaly" <ameerarmaly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 5:51 PM Subject: Re: looking for backup suggestions >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
