[wellylug] Visiting Linux user needs help with a backup...

Sam Pearson sgp at strikecommand.com
Wed Jan 14 13:02:01 NZDT 2004


Hello Wellyluggers,

I'm from the UK, and am spending a few weeks here in Wellington (and enjoying 
it very much) while on an extended tour of New Zealand.  I have a laptop with 
me, running Linux (of course ;-), which I'm using to store photos, my 
journal, draft blog posts and the like.  I'd like to do a backup of /home, 
but I've let the quantity of data outgrow the capacity of my largest CF card 
(doh!).

Despite this, I suppose that I could transfer it bit-by-bit at an internet 
cafe and get them to burn a CD for me, but I'd have to do this via my digital 
camera and it would be a bit of a pain in the butt, so before I resorted to 
this I thought I'd post here and ask you guys for some advice.

Specifically, is there is a Linux-friendly place in Welly where I could just 
network up the laptop and avoid having to copy bits and pieces between 
several different media several times?  I have both an ethernet card and a 
wireless card which work, although uploading the data via CafeNet will cost a 
fair bit in bandwidth charges, as there's around 200megs, IIRC.

I have asked in a couple of places.  The bloke in Cybernomad on Courtenay 
Place was helpful and said I'd be welcome to try but that I'd have to know 
what I was doing - but I'm afraid that I don't really know a great deal about 
networking (I'm a hobbyist and not a pro, so my knowledge is more orientated 
towards maintaining standalone boxes and connecting to ISPs).  Perhaps this 
would be easy - I really don't know.

Any advice, rcommendations, or offers of help would be most appreciated!  
Have I missed an abvious solution?  I may well not be in Wellington for the 
date of your next meeting on the 9th of Feb, which I assume might have been 
an opportunity (although I might be, it depends on a few things).

In case anyone's interested, the laptop is a little Sony Vaio PCG-C1F running 
Slackware 9.

Thanks,

Sam

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Sam Pearson





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