Re: [Discuss] Backing up the entire software installation

2018-10-24 Thread John Abreau
I have a set of things I back up on a nightly basis for each system, which makes disaster recovery fairly straightforward. For CentOS and Fedora systems: 1. I back up all of /home, /export, /srv, /etc, /opt, and /usr/local. 2. If the system is a DNS server, I back up /var/named. 3. If the system

Re: [Discuss] Backing up the entire software installation

2018-10-24 Thread Rich Pieri
On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:53:01 -0400 Nancy Allison wrote: > Is it possible to create a copy of everything, my Fedora 28 operating > system, all the programs, all the nifty Firefox plug-ins, all my > Favorites > -- everything? So if this hard drive died and I needed to get a new > laptop, I could

[Discuss] Backing up the entire software installation

2018-10-24 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, all. I have Fedora 28 and lots of programs installed. I use a backup for my files, but I dread the day I have to start with a new computer and reinstall all my programs. Is it possible to create a copy of everything, my Fedora 28 operating system, all the programs, all the nifty Firefox