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> > > Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard system? |
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> > In a Gentoo system nothing is really standard, so I backup everything |
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> > from / and then have a small exclude list with things like: |
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> > /dev, /proc, /sys, /exports, /var/cache/squid, /srv/BackupPC. |
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> > /var contains the most important files on a Gentoo system, if you loss |
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> > the portage installed software information your in a heap of trouble. |
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> > Goes both ways though backup of portages var information is less useful |
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> > without backup of everything installed. |
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> > I'm undecided about /usr/portage, I could save some time backing up |
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> > /usr/portage/distfiles, but it is easily generated content. |
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> > Minimal backup - if your willing to spend the hours on getting thing |
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> > back up and running. |
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> > /etc /root /home /usr/local /var |
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> For now I think I'll do /etc, /root, /home, /var/lib/portage/world, |
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> /usr/src/linux/.config, and anything specific I might need in |
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> /usr/local. What else am I missing out on in /var? I'm OK with a |
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> full reinstall for now. |
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> - Grant |
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/boot/grub/grub.conf too. Does anyone leave /boot mounted all the time? |
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- Grant |
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