I usually use a backup drive bigger than all my drives, that way I can keep older versions of my backups. //// Won't work, the reason I'm going to be using the 64 gig sd card is I ran out of space on my 32 gig usb drive. On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Bob Elzer wrote: > Just a thought, but not counting the flash drive, what are the size of > your disks? > > I usually use a backup drive bigger than all my drives, that way I can > keep older versions of my backups. > > I do a daily rsync of my data files and then tar them to a single file. > > Plus I make an fsarchiver copy of the OS drive. > > This way if I mess something up and a backup happens before I realize it, > I can get an older good copy. > > On Sep 16, 2016 5:24 AM, "Michael" wrote: > >> I was sitting here considering how one names drives. I did it once but it >> was at least a year ago and my memory is bad (at it's best). And so I was >> going to google 'name filesystem' or something like that when that little >> voice inside my head cried out 'label'. So I opened a terminal and 'apropos >> label' and discovered that little voice inside my head can sometimes be >> right! >> >> Anyways, there are a few options I could use. I still want to retain >> msdos properties so I can switch it between machines and..... wait! This is >> for my backup drive on a 64gig sd card. So I can make it a linux filesystem! >> So then: >> >> first make a partition on the device with cfdisk (ref linux fromscratch) >> then >> >> mkfs.ext2 -L >> >> Do I need to do anything else because of the size of the card? >> Should I do a different filesystem type? >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: