On Sunday 10 August 2003 02:52, Renat Golubchyk wrote: > My home directory is 2.1G so I will need at least 4 CDRs for that. Also > /etc is also worth backing up as well as some files from /var/cache/edb. > What else would you suggest for a backup?
I personnally get to save - /etc - my /usr/local/* things - /boot (kernel configs + grub config) - /root - my $HOME dir - /var (i have space, but especially /var/cache/edb/world) - and some /data dirs i have with a very simple script that make entire backups for previous directory (tar+bz2). And of course an entire backup sometimes. This strategy has been tested (many times ...) and proved to work for me (it's simple, and simple is good), so i stick to it for now (i know, it takes *a lot* of disk space for backups, but it works ... it freaking works, and this has always been important when i was restoring something :) ). I'm just looking sometimes for taped backup but i cannot afford them at home ... And i use only another box with hard drive / enough space ... and maybe that's the point ... + just plain cdrs for static data. PS: please forgive my bad english :) -- God must love the common man; He made so many of them. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
