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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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> >>> |
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> >>> /dev, /proc, /sys, /exports, /var/cache/squid, /srv/BackupPC. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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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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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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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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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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> >>> |
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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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> >>> |
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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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> >> |
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> >> - Grant |
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> > |
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> > Where do you guys store your backups? Leaving backups on a DVD in the |
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> > same apartment as the machines doesn't make too much sense to me. |
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> > Maybe I should mail em to my parents every week or something? |
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> > |
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> > - Grant |
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> I keep them on an USB-stick (udf filesystem, with the same settings like |
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> a CD-RW). |
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But where do you put the USB stick? If my apartment building burns to |
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the ground while I'm away, I'll lose my systems and the backups. |
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- Grant |
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