On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:14:27 +0200, Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:

> You should backup all in / except
> /tmp/*
> /sys/*
> /proc/*
> /lost+found/*
> /dev/*

That backs up a lot of stuff that isn't needed. As long as you have /etc
and /var/lib you can recreate the system. Depending on space vs. time,
you may prefer not to backup the gigabytes in /usr that can be recreated
by portage (although saving /usr/local is a good idea).

> By the way, since a new hdd of one TB is pretty cheap, think about
> running your gentoo in a software RAID. Guides:

RAID is not an alternative to backups, a corrupted filesystem on a RAID is
just as corrupted as if it were on a single disk, you just get extra
copies of the corruption.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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