Re: Mounting a USB device
On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 16:12:27 +0000
Mick Ab <recoverymail123890@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion re rsync, but using tar has been successful
> with a NTFS drive many times.
Another possibility is to get rid of NTFS, and replace it with an
encrypted ext4 partition. Then you can use something like rsnapshot to
automate the backup process entirely. This gives you backups in depth:
several months of back versions of files, with deduplication.
Create a partition:
https://charlescurley.com/blog/posts/2019/Nov/29/encrypting-an-external-partition/
Scripts to mount and umount the partition:
https://charlescurley.com/blog/posts/2020/Jan/01/mounting-an-encrypted-external-partition/
Some more general thoughts on backups:
https://charlescurley.com/blog/posts/2019/Nov/02/backups-on-linux/
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