From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OlgvY-0003Gp-JP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:35:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFA08E0933; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7263FE0933 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:34:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zaphod.digimed.co.uk (zaphod.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A679C682753 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:34:30 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:34:24 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to build a time machine on Gentoo Message-ID: <20100818123424.1a1218b4@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4C6A7D23.9030007@gmx.de> References: <4C6A7D23.9030007@gmx.de> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6cvs28 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/MBYoJ_ZPo_mk7viSgytyOiN"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 8e2ed74b-a819-429a-b0e0-e7557333d7c9 X-Archives-Hash: 64a2d4cfff1dde19cc0fa549dcf7517c --Sig_/MBYoJ_ZPo_mk7viSgytyOiN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:14:27 +0200, Maximilian Br=E4utigam 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. --=20 Neil Bothwick Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular? --Sig_/MBYoJ_ZPo_mk7viSgytyOiN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkxrxUUACgkQum4al0N1GQM12wCgoQguGDRL6/zpxLWSUm/yIkIb KckAnjpk1RA59sqcAJ5vDT8cBZ7N905n =hGAL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/MBYoJ_ZPo_mk7viSgytyOiN--