On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 09:24:00AM +0200, Penguin Lover Thomas Chef squawked: > Now that my gentoo system is up and running the applications that I want to > use, how do I make a reliable backup ? >
Personally I use app-backup/rdiff-backup and dump not to DVD, but to an external harddrive stored in a different room on a different floor. (Yes, the building may collapse, but then I'd have bigger things to worry about than my family photos.) rdiff-backup does incrementals. So it also allows me to keep several restore points. I generally remove all restore points older than 6 months. But it is up to you. I just run a bash-script every month or so that * copies /var/lib/portage/world to /root * copies /usr/src/linux/.config to /root * back up /etc, /root, /usr/local * back up /home With those files I can rebuild my system fairly simply. (I wouldn't say quickly as... you know how long some things takes to build.) W -- "Let me just make k -1." Mathematica responds : "False" ~DeathMech, S. Sondhi. P-town PHY 205 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 866 days, 12:41
