Re: Segate FreeAgent USB drive

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On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:33 -0400, ed wrote:
> On 09/03/2010 06:28 PM, Chris wrote:=20
> > On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:13 -0400, ed wrote:
> >=20=20=20
> > > On 09/03/2010 06:06 PM, Chris wrote:=20
> > >=20=20=20=20=20
> > > > I've been looking at these at Wal-Mart and wondering if anyone has =
any
> > > > experience with them such as is it pretty much plug it in and it wo=
rks?
> > > >=20
> > > >=20=20=20
> > > >=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
> > > for the most part, it may take a second or 30 to be seen by kde or
> > > gnome, but when I plug in and turn on mine, in KDE, a window pops up
> > > asking to mount it or copy it. ( or some such, since I know I am going
> > > to mount it and open a konq/Dolphin window there, I take that choice.
> > >=20=20=20=20=20
> > Thanks Ed, seems like a good, inexpensive way to make a system backup. I
> > guess using rsync would work?
> >=20
> >=20=20=20
> dd works for me, if you want to copy the whole drive. of course you
> could just add a drive to the box if all you are wanting is cheap
> drive space.=20

Ed, I've got dd running now backing up my /home, however since dd backs
up not only the used space but empty space as well is there another app
that I can use that will only backup used space as well as include
symlinks? Or is that asking too much? I've looked as apps like Bacula
but those all provide network backups and I'm not sure they'd work just
going over to a usb drive.

Chris
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Chris
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