2010/8/17 Maximilian Bräutigam <[email protected]> > You should backup all in / except > /tmp/* > /sys/* > /proc/* > /lost+found/* > /dev/* > > Distfiles are saved outside the root and I can afford to rebuild world. My main concern was losing (gentoo) config files, speaking of which, I remembered to back up /usr/src/linux/.config, and user folders.
I have no solution how to bzip or gzip your backups or how to make a dvd > backup, but I use "app-backup/rsnapshot" which uses rsync but implements > an intelligent rotating system that is done daily, weekly, monthly, > yearly according to your config. Of course you should store the backup > on another physical hdd. > > By the way, since a new hdd of one TB is pretty cheap, think about > running your gentoo in a software RAID. Guides: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86+raid+lvm2-quickinstall.xml > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Software_RAID_Install > Thanks for the advices. I am adding rsnapshot to my list.
