I used chatGPT to work up a backup program that tracked rsync backups as I wanted and could report which backups needed to be run and which ones should be started fresh because too many rsync runs from my home dir to the target dir. It's call Loci, and it's on codeberg.
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I think I read this is how HP supplies their "no OS" machines - a very thin Linux with a VM running the FreeDOS fullscreen.
"UEFI does have a legacy compatibility layer" And this is how one may have a "system firmware" that allows both. Could DOS be made UEFI compatible maybe by loading a .sys driver or maybe by replacing io.sys with one that made use of UEFI?
My system came with Python3 installed. Debian 12.
Ah, Improvements!
Looks like a line by line translation from the python. Will you use it to backup your home directory?
Actually, I do have a quite usable FreeDOS running in DOSBox on my Linux machine, but it's not quite the same as running DOS / FreeDOS on the metal. Getting floppies to work as seamlessly as they do on a machine meant for DOS for example.
Linux for example will boot easily under both UEFI and BIOS - but I suppose that is because Linux does not ask anything of either once it is running.
@droolio@feddit.uk I see what you're asking. You’re wondering if, instead of storing a duplicate file when another backup set already contains it, I could use a hardlink to point to the file already stored in that other set?
I have a system where I create a backup set for each day of the week. When I do a backup for that day, I update the set, or if it’s out of date, I replace it entirely with a fresh backup image (After 7 backups to that set). But if the backup sets became inter-dependent, removing or updating one set could lead to problems with others that rely on files in the first set.
Does that make sense? I am asking because I am not familiar with the utilities you mentioned and may be taking your post wrong.
Especially one that lets you know how long it's been since you took time to run a backup, keeps track of which set of backups could be updated, and which should be refreshed, and keeps a log file up to date and in .csv format so you can mess with it in a spreadsheet?
That's ok Like any landing you can walk away from. Any code that runs to spec is good, much could be better.
I don't bend my values for entertainment. I pick my OS for privacy and freedom first. If a game won't run on it, that game doesn't run in my life.