[mythtv-users] Maybe OT: Have working box now to backup ...

Kurt Yoder ktymyth at yoderhome.com
Sun Apr 9 03:13:43 UTC 2006


On Apr 8, 2006, at 11:06 PM, Mark Johannessen wrote:

> After starting from scratch and without any major hitches, I have been
> able to get a fully functional .19 BE/FE using FC4, a PVR350, an
> HD3000, a 6600 AGP and the nvidia 8756 driver.
>
> I would like to keep tweaking the system but would like to create a
> backup of the entire system except the recording directory so that if
> I have to wipe the system clean again, I can use the backup to put the
> working system back on without too much effort.
>
> Is there a good tool anyone can recommend to do this?

I back up using rsync to alternating external hard drives. Rsync will  
allow you to exclude directories and files. Something like this would  
work:

rsync --exclude="/your/recording/directory/*" --exclude="/ 
otherdrive/" / /otherdrive/

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Kurt Yoder
http://yoderhome.com



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