> > You could just create a disk image once a day,
>
> What could I do with a disk image in case of a disk failure? And "gzip -f
> < /dev/hda > /backup_drive/image.gz" ? If I don't compress it a little
> bit, it won't fit.
I'm not sure what the problem is. Keep in mind that I'm not entirely sure
what you're trying to indicate by saying "gzip -f
> < /dev/hda > /backup_drive/image.gz".
As far as I'm aware, if you have two identical drives, an image of one
should fit on the other.
> I thought about that, but it would take about 115GB/700MB~=164 CD-RWs to
> do the initial full backup. Even allowing for 2:1 compression (unlikely,
> since I have ~4GB of MP3s), that's still 82 CD-RWs.
That would definitely be a problem.
> > Expect stupid questions from me at some point
>
> Misconceptions are worse.
Agreed. That would be why I'm not afraid to ask stupid questions.
> Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be
> adequately explained by stupidity." Derived from Robert Heinlein
I love that quote.
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