Installing BackupPC on OpenWRT
I wanted to have a backup server for my church that would automatically take backups when computers came on to our new wireless network. BackupPC immediately sprang to mind, but it only runs on Linux. How could I get a Linux server into the church in a very low cost way? Answer: An Asus wireless [...]
End of the Semester
Whew! Another semester ends, and I am now halfway through my seminary education at Wartburg. No breather for me, though, as I’ve got a number of big projects and travel plans that are going to happen in the next several weeks. Websites – I’m currently working with a task force of members of our congregation [...]
Good directions on getting BackupPC working
I recommend this set of directions for getting BackupPC working. Using sudo (instead of having the backuppc server log in as root) is definitely a best practice, and nice-ing the process makes your computer more responsive if you’re trying to use it while it’s backing up.
BackupPC only when mobile device / laptop is plugged in
I’m the proud owner of a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet (which I will, of course, write about later) and I’ve been getting around to doing a bit of hardware hackery now that the semester has ended. I wanted to integrate this tasty little Linux machine into my home backup system, which is powered by BackupPC. [...]