[Digikam-users] Best way to back up pictures to a usb 2.0 drive

[Mathusael]

Hi,
> In my opinion, the best way to backup anything anywhere is rsync (even 
> on a local mount)
I use rdiff-backup which does local/remote mirror and incremental 
backup. (and thus you can even restore a deleted picture even after a sync)
I am currently using it with a external USB 2 drives and it works. (It 
just needs to be mounted)

I wrote a script to automate the process as well.
>
> Bye
>
> CYril
>
>
>
> 2006/11/2, Richard E Miles < r.godzilla at comcast.net 
> <mailto:r.godzilla at comcast.net>>:
>
>     On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 11:05:08 +0100
>     Carles Company Soler < carles at companysoler.cat
>     <mailto:carles at companysoler.cat>> wrote:
>
>     > A Dimecres 01 Novembre 2006 22:46, Richard E Miles va escriure:
>     > > I would like to back up my pictures on a USB 2.0 external
>     hardrive. What
>     > > would be the best way to do this?
>     >
>     > I do it using Unison (http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
>     <http://www.cis.upenn.edu/%7Ebcpierce/unison/>).
>     >
>
>     Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try after Cristmas as I asked
>     for a usb 2.o hard drive.
>