Best way to back up pictures to a usb 2.0 drive

[Richard Miles-814]

I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external hardrive. What would be the best way to do this?

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[Carles Company Soler-2]

A Dimecres 01 Novembre 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles va escriure:
> I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external hardrive. What
> would be the best way to do this?

I do it using Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/).

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[Richard Miles-814]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:05:08 +0100
Carles Company Soler <[hidden email]> wrote:

> A Dimecres 01 Novembre 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles va escriure:
> > I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external hardrive. What
> > would be the best way to do this?
>
> I do it using Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/).
>

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try after Cristmas as I asked for a usb 2.o hard drive.
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[Cyril Gouget-2]

Hello,

In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even on a local mount)

Bye

CYril

2006/11/2, Richard E Miles <[hidden email]>:

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:05:08 +0100
Carles Company Soler < [hidden email]> wrote:

> A Dimecres 01 Novembre 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles va escriure:
> > I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external hardrive. What
> > would be the best way to do this?
>
> I do it using Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/).
>

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try after Cristmas as I asked for a usb 2.o hard drive.
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[Richard Miles-814]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:01:50 +0100
"Cyril Gouget" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even on a
> local mount)
>

Can rsync be used to back up to a external USB 2.0 harddrive?

>
>
> 2006/11/2, Richard E Miles <[hidden email]>:
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:05:08 +0100
> > Carles Company Soler <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> > > A Dimecres 01 Novembre 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles va escriure:
> > > > I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external hardrive.
> > What
> > > > would be the best way to do this?
> > >
> > > I do it using Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/).
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try after Cristmas as I asked for a
> > usb 2.o hard drive.
> > --
> > Richard Miles
> > Federal Way WA. USA
> > registered linux user 46097
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[Duncan Hill-5]

Richard E Miles wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:01:50 +0100
> "Cyril Gouget" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even on a
>> local mount)
>>
>
> Can rsync be used to back up to a external USB 2.0 harddrive?

So long as the linux box can see the destination, rsync can probably
talk to it.  The external drive is just another path on your file system
when mounted, so it's a simple rsync /imagepath /usbpath and you're done.
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2006/11/4, Duncan Hill <[hidden email]>:

Richard E Miles wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:01:50 +0100
> "Cyril Gouget" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even on a
>> local mount)
>>
>
> Can rsync be used to back up to a external USB 2.0 harddrive?

Yes, It can
 

So long as the linux box can see the destination, rsync can probably
talk to it.  The external drive is just another path on your file system
when mounted, so it's a simple rsync /imagepath /usbpath and you're done.

Exactly. I do it with

rsync --progress --recursive --links --perms --times --devices --delete --timeout=300 <source_path> <Backup_path>

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[Richard Miles-814]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:09:40 +0100
"Cyril Gouget" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 2006/11/4, Duncan Hill <[hidden email]>:
> >
> > Richard E Miles wrote:
> > > On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 08:01:50 +0100
> > > "Cyril Gouget" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even
> > on a
> > >> local mount)
> > >>
> > >
> > > Can rsync be used to back up to a external USB 2.0 harddrive?
>
>
> Yes, It can
>
>
> So long as the linux box can see the destination, rsync can probably
> > talk to it.  The external drive is just another path on your file system
> > when mounted, so it's a simple rsync /imagepath /usbpath and you're done.
>
>
> Exactly. I do it with
>
> rsync --progress --recursive --links --perms --times --devices --delete
> --timeout=300 <source_path> <Backup_path>
>

Thanks for the reply and example.


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[Nicolas Vilars]

Hi,
> In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even
> on a local mount)
I use rdiff-backup which does local/remote mirror and incremental
backup. (and thus you can even restore a deleted picture even after a sync)
I am currently using it with a external USB 2 drives and it works. (It
just needs to be mounted)

I wrote a script to automate the process as well.

>
> Bye
>
> CYril
>
>
>
> 2006/11/2, Richard E Miles < [hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>>:
>
>     On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:05:08 +0100
>     Carles Company Soler < [hidden email]
>     <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>     > A Dimecres 01 Novembre 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles va escriure:
>     > > I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external
>     hardrive. What
>     > > would be the best way to do this?
>     >
>     > I do it using Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
>     <http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/>).
>     >
>
>     Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try after Cristmas as I asked
>     for a usb 2.o hard drive.
>

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