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11 days agoUse a modern filesystem that manages file integrity for you.
I use btrfs.
Use a modern filesystem that manages file integrity for you.
I use btrfs.
Don’t forget to scrub and checksum your drive before making backups. You don’t want to copy over rotten bits.
Same goes for the backup. And the backup’s backup.
Well, sure. If you did it wrong the first time around. For everyone else, just run “btrfs scrub <device>”