Grant wrote: >>>> Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard system? >>>> >>> In a Gentoo system nothing is really standard, so I backup everything >>> from / and then have a small exclude list with things like: >>> >>> /dev, /proc, /sys, /exports, /var/cache/squid, /srv/BackupPC. >>> >>> >>> /var contains the most important files on a Gentoo system, if you loss >>> the portage installed software information your in a heap of trouble. >>> Goes both ways though backup of portages var information is less useful >>> without backup of everything installed. >>> >>> >>> I'm undecided about /usr/portage, I could save some time backing up >>> /usr/portage/distfiles, but it is easily generated content. >>> >>> >>> >>> Minimal backup - if your willing to spend the hours on getting thing >>> back up and running. >>> >>> /etc /root /home /usr/local /var >>> >> For now I think I'll do /etc, /root, /home, /var/lib/portage/world, >> /usr/src/linux/.config, and anything specific I might need in >> /usr/local. What else am I missing out on in /var? I'm OK with a >> full reinstall for now. >> >> - Grant >> > > /boot/grub/grub.conf too. Does anyone leave /boot mounted all the time? > > - Grant >
I do. I'm on dial-up so even if they can catch me online, they can't get anything big. It's to slow to upload to them and just as slow to send me something. 26K dial-up sucks but DSL is coming soon. Dale :-) :-)
