[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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