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> > > > Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard |
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> system? |
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> > > > - Grant |
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> > > /var because with /var gone its complete-reinstall time. |
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> > What about splitting tar.gz files across multiple CDs? Can that be done? |
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> > - Grant |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> A lot of things you're asking for can be accomplished with a script I've |
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> used (and successfully recovered with) called a stage 4 backup [1]. It's |
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> just your standard bash script that uses tar, gzip, bzip2, etc. to create |
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> manageable backups. I have my server set to backup once a month (I don't |
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> make significant changes to it very often). |
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> [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Custom_Stage4 |
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That looks pretty slick. That will have to be the next step. |
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- Grant |
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