Re: backing up using rsync+netatalk


Subject: Re: backing up using rsync+netatalk
From: Jesse (jg@floridasunonline.net)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2001 - 16:43:23 EDT


On Thursday 13 September 2001 15:24, you wrote:
> Jesse wrote regarding 'backing up using rsync+netatalk' on Thu, Sep 13 at
12:52:
> > I need to back up a yellow dog linux system but do not have a cd-rom
> > burner that is compatible with linux. We have a cdrom that is attached
> > to a mac machine running OS 9. The idea I have is to use rsync to copy
> > the entire machine (yellow dog linux) to a netatalk shared folder (on
> > another PC running progeny) and then access the shared folder through the
> > mac and burn backups.
> >
> > I'm very new to macintosh's and fairly new to linux administration. Is
> > this a feasible strategy? I'm particularly worried about file permission
> > mangling and any other types of file corruption during the process.
> >
> > Does anyone have any pointers to a better solution or advice on what to
> > watch for?
>
> If you want to keep permissions right, you could go with something like my
> solution. I use a second machine that I rsync (with all the preservation
> options) several machines to, then when it's time to make the backups, I
> create the cd images on the linux side using mkisofs. I prefer to use tar
> to make archives with a length equivelent to the CD media I'm using (see
> tar --tape-length), because I trust tar to keep the file attributes better
> than I do mkisof. I also don't know how to keep mkisofs from truncating
> >31 char filenames...
>
> Either way, make the cd image on the *nix side, then just burn the image on
> whatever burner software you have. That way you can do the image transfer
> using whatever file transfer method you want instead of needing rsync on
> the mac. You really wouldn't need the second machine in the process
> either.
>
> --Danny

Thanks Danny! I didn't even think of that. Funny how most solutions seem to
resovle themselves using the basic *nix tools like tar.

Thanks again,
Jesse



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