On 9/29/07, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard > system? > > > > > > - Grant > > > > /var because with /var gone its complete-reinstall time. > > What about splitting tar.gz files across multiple CDs? Can that be done? > > - Grant > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > A lot of things you're asking for can be accomplished with a script I've used (and successfully recovered with) called a stage 4 backup [1]. It's just your standard bash script that uses tar, gzip, bzip2, etc. to create manageable backups. I have my server set to backup once a month (I don't make significant changes to it very often).
[1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Custom_Stage4 -- - Mark Shields
