On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:15:04 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Grant, > > > 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? > > Other data in /var/lib. For example, any databases kept > in /var/lib/mysql. > > BIND, Apache, various mailing programs, at, Xauth, logs if you want to know what happened on a particular computer six months from now (hard to foresee this kind of thing). I think you can clear out /var/tmp if you wish. Also many of the logs can be cleared and such. After clearing all the data you don't need (be careful; some data is important to portage), you shouldn't have too much more than a few hundred megs, pretty much all highly compressable text. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
