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I have started using "luckybackup" in the Mint packages Its rsync with scripts and ssh with bells on On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 13:57 +0000, tom wrote: > On 16/12/10 12:29, Robin Cornelius wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Gibbs<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 16/12/10 12:13, Robin Cornelius wrote: > >>> Somthing that might aid here.. i have a 128x64 LCD screen on the front > >>> of my server so i can display info/prompt messages if required > >> I've been looking for something similar for ages online! Any good websites > >> or search terms for something similar? > > http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/ provides the software (and that seems > > to be in many distros now anyway) and it did have links to harware > > suppliers for either read to go solutions or raw bits. I made mine > > from a LCD panel we use here and just hooked it to the parallel port > > with some approprate resistors and cut a hole in 2x CD drive bay > > covers and mounted the LCD in in there. > > > > Robin > > > A cheaper and more 'flexible' way would be to have the script e-mail > you, or possibly write to a log that's displayed on a web page on the > server so you can check the status from 'next door' without getting up! > Things like that may take a little setting up the first time (web log > viewer, mail updates etc) but by god they're useful once you put them to > use... > Set up mail and fstab script ala Martins with mail addition. > pop usb into server, go back to desk and sit looking very busy, 'you > have mail'.. sorted. > Going on holiday set up mail redirect rule for idiot in office whos job > it is to missplace the usb. On your return you will have a full log of > success/failure. > Tom te tom te tom > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Ten Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq