[ Thanks to sjrosen for this link. ]
“This article describes a simple backup method that I use every
day to backup my home Linux systems. It’s an easy method that
non-technical Linux users can use to backup their important data.
We’ll discuss the decisions you have to make in order to do a
thorough backup.“You hear it all the time from writers and your geek friends:
‘You should backup your computers.’ Well, here’s one more geek to
bug you about it again, but also to give some help…”