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Old 09-28-2011, 04:27 AM   #1
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how can i take backup from running hard disk to external hard disk?
 
Old 09-28-2011, 04:28 AM   #2
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please help me to take the backup from hard disk to external hard disk
 
Old 09-28-2011, 04:30 AM   #3
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Several simple options:

Copy things

Quote:
cp -R /this/folder /media/extdisk/some/folder
Or, use Rsync and put that into a cron job...

Good luck

THor
 
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What do you want to backup?
The entire disk, only some files?
Do you want to clone the disk?

Kind regards
 
Old 09-28-2011, 05:37 AM   #5
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install rsync,
mount your external disk on /media/backup (or whereever you want),

use a command sort of like this:

rsync -av /home/kri /media/backup
 
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