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Re: Create a backup of your Raspberry Pi SD card using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and restore when you need

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On 5 Sep 2015 02:53:25 GMT
Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> wrote:

> For either use case, one could use several backup cards and
> rotate them to facilitate several generations of recovery.  Rob,
> what else would you consider essential ingredients of a proper
> backup strategy?

Checking of file creation/modification time stamps and saving a copy of
the new version of the file (after checking it against the currently
saved version).  For specified parts of the file hierarchy like /home
and /etc or for the whole file system excluding locations like /tmp
and /var and remote disks.

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Create a backup of your Raspberry Pi SD card using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and restore when you need Eduardo M. <internetado@alt119.net.invalid> - 2015-09-04 14:44 -0300
  Re: Create a backup of your Raspberry Pi SD card using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and restore when you need Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-05 03:43 +0100
    Re: Create a backup of your Raspberry Pi SD card using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and restore when you need Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2015-09-05 02:53 +0000
      Re: Create a backup of your Raspberry Pi SD card using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and restore when you need Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-06 18:30 +0100
        Re: Create a backup of your Raspberry Pi SD card using Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and restore when you need Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-06 19:04 +0000

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