Using a CD to make initial copy

[Jay Strauss]

Ah, thanks for pointing that out.

Thanks
Jay

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker at cox.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 06:58:57PM -0600, Jay Strauss wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have 20Gb of data I need to back up.  It takes too copy it across
>> the internet.  Is there a way I can copy it locally to some removable
>> media like a couple of DVDs, then bring them to the target machine,
>> copy onto the target, then run rsync to grab any updates?
>>
>> What if the target doesn't have the same users as the source.
>>
>> Is there a suggested recipe for this?
>
> See "Batch Mode" in the man page.
>
> -chris
>