> > - list whatever has been installed via cpan from the command line > > - copy across rdiff-backup backups directory so I don't have to upload > > multi-megabytes next time my home box does it's backup > > - anything else obvious I'm missing? > > I always save either /usr/src/linux/.config, or sometimes the > kernel itself and /lib/modules/2.4.../. Oh, and maybe > /boot/grub/grub.conf - if you have one.
Kernel config! Thanks! > Didn't know CPAN could list the stuff you've installed with it. > Cool! Don't think it can be. I was thinking more of going through my site_perl directory with ls :) > I'm really interested in others' opinions on this one, as well. > I used Raid 5 with three SCSI disks for a while, but when one of > my disks crashed, I lost the whole thing. Somehow it got > confused and thought that the one bad drive was the only one left > that was good, and it managed to trash the filesystem somehow. Spider has some good suggestions in his reply. I have had similar strangeness with disks being knocked out and then errors coming from other disks, but I've sort of gotten it to a state where it's stable enough I won't worry about it much because the co-lo is a fair drive away, and I'd rather not spend too much time on the road. That's partly what this rebuild is all about, getting rid of any crap, taking the time to test the drives one by one, and so on. alan -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
