From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ic4C9-0006Ef-Cl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:11:13 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8UJ17Dx007941; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:01:07 GMT Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.233]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8UIssHb031035 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:54:55 GMT Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so2351844nze for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:54:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=rlWMjeVntZDQBrtrVQ6vddQU0UtoTdJPLrujb/0bNQA=; b=nWdM2vChWmzwu636mRK/IZKT1s5bsZ2K26S9OA3+RvGP04k/kRFOdDNU2/W7aG2p70E8Jo3VDyVP4Gxp7Vuqv4Ktl8ZMilAVSbTAOgPdlpuYQp0hleisw5Bh+/aHDJnWiICrbf1GFsZf3uCTeYHG/QoLj3N0ZAPFGNIRU/jipkE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=c+q2MwngmNV32YigXQCR1LArYjBmxp/xXw/XaApxYYnSHDM4Y5yLz+gjZ2WIHQhqOf/klwOyh+Nvh0QmAUe8X9a8lpEC4xRbHp/Yj7DCArI4s8mp7MiPtgSQDCDubI+Frq0Hpy73QIb+whI4Ruho23SYuwx3hR40zWcV2UDkq6c= Received: by 10.114.135.1 with SMTP id i1mr3062590wad.1191178493457; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:54:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.175.9 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:54:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10709301154q69647142p95501a39faf678c1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:54:53 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Backups In-Reply-To: <200709302045.27018.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10709291526s46c5c1ebrb34a7171215a3db2@mail.gmail.com> <46FFD425.10406@addcom.de> <49bf44f10709301037i5e3110b8s748ed78323fbce4f@mail.gmail.com> <200709302045.27018.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-Archives-Salt: 1f50ca8d-af13-48c7-a9b1-5595504685df X-Archives-Hash: a7cef750cc637e25baedb70ea834a7ef > > > I keep them on an USB-stick (udf filesystem, with the same settings > > > like a CD-RW). > > > > But where do you put the USB stick? If my apartment building burns > > to the ground while I'm away, I'll lose my systems and the backups. > > I can't believe you actually asked that. Think, man, think. But hindsight is so much clearer than foresight. Good suggestions BTW. - Grant > Here's some ways to start: > > Leave it at your mum's house where you have dinner every second day > Leave it at your girlfriend's house > Leave it in a safety box at the post office/your bank > Leave it at a friend's house > Leave it in the desk drawer at work > Hang it off your keyring so it's always on your person > Mail the data to your gmail account > Upload the data to your off-site web/ftp/whatever server > Store the backups in your car boot > > alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list