On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:14:51 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to be confident that I am backing up all my "important stuff", but am > not really sure what that might be. In windows I can quickly add a bunch of > folders to a backup job and know that I've got everything in case of a total > failure. But what should I back up in linux? The home folder, of course, > and all my data files on a fat32 partition that I am accessing on windows as > well (which includes my email folders). I realise that there is > (thankfully) no registry, but where are all the settings stored? Is there > an equivalent of the "documents and settings" folders? What is a "best > practice" for this type of backup? /home (as you said) /etc - has most of your settings /var often contains email and such like, although this very much depends on your setup /var often also contains stuff like your apache document root (ie your web pages) /boot will probably contain your grub boot settings if you have compiled your own kernel then you may want to preserve the .config file for it. > > And how to do this? Create tar files and gzip them? Is that "required > knowledge"? Or are there better tools? > > Then of course I need to automate this. Cron jobs? Or are there better > ways? > > Roger > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
