So I came across this blog post while reading Planet Gnome and it reminded me that I do not have a good backup strategy for my computers. My main concern is my linux box and the various config files I’ve tweaked over the years (especially my kernel config). Most of the data om my computers I can live without if a drive crashes or a computer blows up. I can always re-rip my CD collection back to a hard drive and all of the code I’ve written I really could care less about. The only code that I have written that I currently use is this website design. I have a temporary backup solution which is to keep a file which contains a list of the files that I want to back up. Then I issue the command tar -T filename to create an archive or the files in the list.
This works OK for a couple of files, but doesnt scale well, as you have to type in each file that you want to include in the archive. What would be nice is a simple user interface which would list your directory structure and let you check off the files that you want to backup.
My final semester started yesterday with a discussion for Physics II, even though the lecture for the class hadn’t met yet. Today I had lectures for Digital Logic and the aformentioned Physics II. What is not a good sign is that I am already sick of school and I havn’t even had a week of it under my belt. Thank goodness that this is my last semester.
