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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:24:00AM +0200, Penguin Lover Thomas Chef squawked: |
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> Now that my gentoo system is up and running the applications that I want to |
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> use, how do I make a reliable backup ? |
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Personally I use app-backup/rdiff-backup and dump not to DVD, but to |
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an external harddrive stored in a different room on a different floor. |
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(Yes, the building may collapse, but then I'd have bigger things to |
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worry about than my family photos.) |
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rdiff-backup does incrementals. So it also allows me to keep several |
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restore points. I generally remove all restore points older than 6 |
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months. But it is up to you. |
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I just run a bash-script every month or so that |
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* copies /var/lib/portage/world to /root |
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* copies /usr/src/linux/.config to /root |
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* back up /etc, /root, /usr/local |
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* back up /home |
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With those files I can rebuild my system fairly simply. (I wouldn't |
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say quickly as... you know how long some things takes to build.) |
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"Let me just make k -1." |
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Mathematica responds : "False" |
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~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 |
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