[gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[Martin S]

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Finally getting my reinstalled box the way I want it I thought about doing a
backup. :)
Short of doing an image of the whole installation, what files should be
backed up to ensure a quick and easy
reinstallation of the working system as of now.

Regards,

Martin S

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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[byron]

Martin S wrote:
> Finally getting my reinstalled box the way I want it I thought about
> doing a backup. :)
> Short of doing an image of the whole installation, what files should be
> backed up to ensure a quick and easy
> reinstallation of the working system as of now.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin S

I usually grab:
/etc
/usr/local/etc/ (you may not have this directory on a gentoo system)
/home
/root

byron
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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[Martin S]

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2005/12/28, byron <byron@dreamtech.org>:
>
>
> /root
>

? why's that?

Anything special for Gentoo? List of installed apps or something that'll
make things easier if need be?


Regards,

Martin S

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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[byron]

Martin S wrote:
> 
> 
> 2005/12/28, byron <byron@dreamtech.org <mailto:byron@dreamtech.org>>:
> 
> 
>     /root
> 
> 
> ? why's that?
> 
> Anything special for Gentoo? List of installed apps or something that'll
> make things easier if need be?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin S

I tend to keep scripts and tarballs in /root for administrative
purposes, plus I change root's .bashrc and or .tcshrc.  Nothing special
for Gentoo at all.

byron
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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[Lares Moreau]

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On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 10:06 +0100, Martin S wrote:
> Finally getting my reinstalled box the way I want it I thought about
> doing a backup. :)
> Short of doing an image of the whole installation, what files should
> be backed up to ensure a quick and easy 
> reinstallation of the working system as of now. 

As part of my backup routine I have the following:
qlist -ICv > /etc/my_worldList
## qlist is in portage-utils :)

tar all this:
/boot
/etc
/usr/src/*/.config
/usr/local/bin  #I have my scripts in here
/home/*

-Lares

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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[Francesco Riosa]

Martin S wrote:
> Finally getting my reinstalled box the way I want it I thought about
> doing a backup. :)
> Short of doing an image of the whole installation, what files should
> be backed up to ensure a quick and easy
> reinstallation of the working system as of now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin S 
additionally backup "/var/db/pkg/" , it's annoying loose this one on a
gentoo system (only needed after a successfully  emerge ).

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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:14:27 +0100, Francesco Riosa wrote:

> additionally backup "/var/db/pkg/" , it's annoying loose this one on a
> gentoo system (only needed after a successfully  emerge ).

And /var/lib/portage/world


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Re: [gentoo-user] What should be backed up?

[maxim wexler]

If you're like me and you connect to the web with a
string and a tin can, you'll want to save the
distfiles for sure.

--- Martin S <shieldfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> Finally getting my reinstalled box the way I want it
> I thought about doing a
> backup. :)
> Short of doing an image of the whole installation,
> what files should be
> backed up to ensure a quick and easy
> reinstallation of the working system as of now.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin S
> 



		
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