On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:32, Grant Bowman wrote: > Is there a place where a general consensus has been reached on exactly > what is necesary to backup a Debian system? I'm sure this has been > asked and answered many times before, so I am looking for URLs to where > this has been discussed in the past. > > I apologize in advance, but I'm not a subscriber of this list. Please > cc me on replies. > > Thank you very much,
FWIW I first of all dump my postgres databases into $HOME, then make a list of my installed (debian) packages, also in $HOME. I then backup $HOME excluding browser cache files, /etc and /usr/local. My idea is that after a disaster I'd make a minimum debian install, restore $HOME, /usr/local. After that I'd reinstall my packages from the list I gathered and then selectively restore /etc to get my configs back the way I had them. I've never used this in anger and I'd welcome any suggestions from the wiser heads out there. Regards Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]