Kevin Kempter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All; > > I'm awaiting a new linux laptop that will be my primary work machine. I want > to implement a strategy that allows me as easily as possible to revert back > to a former state. My primary concern is a scenario where I apply system > updates and it breaks something that for me is critical. > > I wonder if a simple rsync script would work. If so, here's what I'm thinking: > > 1) updates are available so I execute the rsync script which pulls any > updated > files from my laptop to a backup server/drive > > 2) apply updates > > 3) if something breaks (even if I can no longer login) I boot the laptop, run > the rsync script in the opposite direction (push files from the backup drive > to the laptop) > > I assume that if I were to execute step 3 above that my system would be in > the > exact state that it was before I ran the updates. Is this a correct > assumption ? Are there better approaches ? > > > Thanks in advance..
Look at rsnapshot, which is rsync based and enables hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rotating backups. This is what I used on my laptop, to an external USB HD. It provides an OSX Time Machine like schema, albeit without the fancy GUI. http://rsnapshot.org/ HTH, Marc Schwartz _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
