Question on backing up system

[jaychamp]

I've been trying to use Keep to back up everything and I get the following error:

An error occured making /home/jaychamp/backups backup:
Warning: The destination directory '/home/jaychamp/backups/backup' may be contained in the source directory '/home/jaychamp/backups'. This could cause an infinite regress. You may need to use the --exclude option.

I'm guessing I need a different location to save my back up? If so, where should I be saving it? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

[aysiu]

Re: Question on backing up system

Do you have an external hard drive or iPod?

[jaychamp]

Re: Question on backing up system

Do you have an external hard drive or iPod?

Only external type device I have is a 1GB usb thumb drive.

[jaychamp]

Re: Question on backing up system

Maybe I'm going at this the wrong way. What I'm really trying to do is make a "restore point". Just in case I change some settings by accident or uninstall/delete something by mistake.

[askrieger]

Re: Question on backing up system

Basically, you have to store the backup in a directory thqat you're NOT backing up. The standard way to do this is to create a folder "sudo mkdir /opt/backup" (Debian based systems don't use the /opt tree). Set the perms so only root can read and write it: sudo chmod 700 /opt/backup. Then run your backup program as root "sudo backup" and make sure that /opt is excluded from the backup.

[jaychamp]

Re: Question on backing up system

Basically, you have to store the backup in a directory thqat you're NOT backing up. The standard way to do this is to create a folder "sudo mkdir /opt/backup" (Debian based systems don't use the /opt tree). Set the perms so only root can read and write it: sudo chmod 700 /opt/backup. Then run your backup program as root "sudo backup" and make sure that /opt is excluded from the backup.

Got it, thank you much!