[OS X TeX] backing up /usr (and MacTeX)

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Gary L. Gray wrote:

>
> On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Rolf Schmolling wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> what about cloning it to an external Disk. I'd recommend SuperDuper
>>
>> doesn't work with large files over ethernet. I had to give it up  
>> after "they" couldn't help.
>
>
> Every night at home, I use SuperDuper! to clone to network drive  
> (also in my home) via a wireless connection. It usually takes about  
> an hour or so, but it sure is painless. The key is to clone to a  
> sparse disk image. For the first clone, you can have the drive  
> hooked up to your machine so it is fast, and then just do smart  
> updates after that. Cloning over a network is nicely described in  
> the SD! documentation.

Indeed, but, after having, several times, my computer run up to three  
days not getting near half of the backup, I ended up with:

"I really have no idea why your system is doing the network backup so  
slowly, Alain. It's definitely not the norm.
-- 
Dave Nanian
Shirt Pocket
"
(Case 84988) Not even crawling" at Shirt Pocket Support—December 23,  
2008

But it certainly works over firewire.

Regards
--schremmer