From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EtUfv-0004VI-Bm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:44:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k02IgeQr032433; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:42:40 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k02IeLxX030018 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:40:21 GMT Received: from 193-172.dsl1.guernsey.net ([213.133.193.172] helo=pohl.lj.net) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1EtUbU-0002IQ-B2 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:40:21 +0000 Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:40:15 +0000 From: Tom Martin To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What to backup? Message-ID: <20060102184015.491a86a3@pohl.lj.net> In-Reply-To: <43B96E57.207@gt.rr.com> References: <43B96E57.207@gt.rr.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc1 (GTK+ 2.8.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_s.POf4KA=AR=kk+7ZJUcWP7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: da980bfa-4b9e-47a1-a09d-d7e350a25a1a X-Archives-Hash: d75fb9e93dcbc53e657e0ec75e57d52e --Sig_s.POf4KA=AR=kk+7ZJUcWP7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:17:59 -0600 "Anthony E. Caudel" wrote: > I'm using rsnapshot for backups and am very satisfied with it. > However I'm uncertain just what to backup. >=20 > Currently I'm backing up: >=20 > /home/tony/ > /etc/ > /var/lib/mysql/ (for some databases) >=20 > Is there anything else I should be backing up? I suspect there are > some more things in /var that should be included. /var/lib/portage. You'll have your world file, in case you lose everything, so you'll be able to rebuild your system with the same packages. --=20 Tom Martin, http://dev.gentoo.org/~slarti AMD64, net-mail, shell-tools, vim, recruiters Gentoo Linux --Sig_s.POf4KA=AR=kk+7ZJUcWP7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDuXOQj5KihLXE/4kRAvhzAKC1T6/y0ofPZKf90r/HtS04Xrvt+wCfecPc +PD8H0PZBbPHs4D680MM51c= =SISD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_s.POf4KA=AR=kk+7ZJUcWP7-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list