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Simple Ubuntu Server: Part 4b – Backing Up Your Machine with Clonezilla

  By seawolf167 | March 23, 2013 - 4:39 pm | ,
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In this part, I’ll cover backing up your hard drive by creating a drive image with Clonezilla. Going this route is somewhat similar to using the dd command but you go through graphical prompts instead of entering the command(s) manually dd if=/dev/sda bs=1M | gzip -c  > /mnt/sda1/hda.img.gz Instead of … Continue reading →

Simple Ubuntu Server: Part 4a – Backing Up Your Machine with Rsync

  By seawolf167 | March 20, 2013 - 8:40 am | ,
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Before we get too far into setting everything up, its a good idea to have at least one backup of your system (and preferably an up-to-date copy!) in case anything happens to your machine. From a hard drive failure or typing a wrong command that blasts your system to your … Continue reading →