Re: [NTLK] How reliable is NCU via incramental backup?

From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:20:40 PST

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What I do and what I can only recomend is to avoid incremental backups with
NCU.

To overcome this little "problem" I normally do the following:

1) all installation files for the packages I currently have on my Newt sit
together inb one folder on my Mac - that enables you to install all of them
in one go - and more important - you do not need to include them into the
backup

2) Since I have a memory card that is big enough for my purposes there is
sufficient space for a regular data back-up which I do

3) Once per month or so I perform a full backup using NCU ethernet
connection to my Mac. In order to let this run smoothly the folder you
selected for the backup (in NCU) shall be empty.
I use to move the backup files to another folder where I collect the backups
in sub-folders named by date

Backing up via Ethernet is really fast compared to other types of
connection.

Cheers
Johannes

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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Dan
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:41 AM
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> Subject: [NTLK] How reliable is NCU via incramental backup?
>
>
> Hello all,
> I was wondering how reliable NCU was when doing incremental backups. I
> heard once that people had problems (years ago), and so I never
> did it much
> (always moved my backups to another folder before starting another).
> However having large storage cards, I would like to do incremental backups
> most of the time and total backups once and a while as this would
> save quite
> a bit of time. Of course if incremental is not to be trusted, then it is
> not worth it regardless. Any input is appreciated.
>
> -Dan
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