[wellylug] Visiting Linux user needs help with a backup...
Lindsay Hunter
klhunter at paradise.net.nz
Wed Jan 14 15:04:30 NZDT 2004
I have a LAN on broadband here that you might be able to use? It has
several PCs on the LAN, two of which have writers? Give me a call on
934 1702.
Lindsay
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
>
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>Sam Pearson
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Lindsay Hunter
021 636 926
04.934 1702
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