hi ya
if you move all your config and isntall db files to known
directories..
and if you descipline yourself and your users to put data only
into /usr/local or /home.... than you're all set...
just backup /etc and /home and /usr/local...
( everything else "should have been installed from cdrom" )
and if you wanna backup pending emails etc..etc..
more stuff to look in /var/*...
- problem is people put stuff where they like...
- some packages still put stuff in what they consider the "right place"
which may or may not be what you consider the "right place"
c ya
alvin
http://www.Linux-Backup.net
simplified deb backup should be something like:
- save it
- dpkg --get-selections * > /mnt/floppy/backup.pkg.lst
- backup user tweeked files
- build your new box from cdrom or floppy
- restore it
dpkg --set-selections < /mnt/floppy/backup.pkg.lst
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
- restore your user tweeked files
On 7 Mar 2002, Lee Braiden wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just wondering, on Windows.. I once used a backup system (Quickbackup, I
> think), which would figure out which files on your system were standard
> installations off a CDROM (using a database of common software & files,
> I presume), and only backup your own personal stuff.
>
> It stricks me that this would be much easier to implement on Debian or
> Redhat, given the already available database of files.
>
> So, does anyone know of a solution like this?
