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

[Brenda Wallace]

maybe what you need is to find a cybercafe that would burn it to cd or
dvd.
or maybe bring your laptop to the next wellylug? 
just an idea.

On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:02, Sam Pearson wrote:
> 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
> 
> --
> Sam Pearson