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2010/8/17 Maximilian Bräutigam <max-braeu@×××.de> |
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> You should backup all in / except |
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> /tmp/* |
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> /sys/* |
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> /proc/* |
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> /lost+found/* |
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> /dev/* |
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> Distfiles are saved outside the root and I can afford to rebuild world. |
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My |
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main concern was losing (gentoo) config files, speaking of which, I |
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remembered to back up /usr/src/linux/.config, and user folders. |
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I have no solution how to bzip or gzip your backups or how to make a dvd |
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> backup, but I use "app-backup/rsnapshot" which uses rsync but implements |
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> an intelligent rotating system that is done daily, weekly, monthly, |
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> yearly according to your config. Of course you should store the backup |
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> on another physical hdd. |
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> By the way, since a new hdd of one TB is pretty cheap, think about |
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> running your gentoo in a software RAID. Guides: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml |
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> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Software_RAID_Install |
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Thanks for the advices. I am adding rsnapshot to my list. |