From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ic2wu-0002nW-4k for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:51:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8UHfKxb020864; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:41:20 GMT Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8UHb1DH016241 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:37:02 GMT Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so4366822wah for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:37:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=E9/lDT3kTkLLcIJNUoJi4pQq6mIP1Oeocyv5Hn9AgXU=; b=CKVMq3fOZehFeqs0fuW/w7ZJ5LHxnotFFcI8yWDknOutotd+ktkcYEvbq5yPwY/SHhDXmt11wPnnw4UTliNANbVdt8yJ++86wAN8XhhwhGGYmgaL9M3+jxka2rR19lcBh1dXWhN/NKPmNSPpIDf7HZYlovhYTclOjoU2IEQe8MY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fSyr9UIMVLNQxDYJpgYH0b3z6/mFppYOjEPcBKsGy7b6S2hMt1Ac2LgKrfLp9gm/FVRQOK55O3VODFpFpJXCWwIRr9KNDaGHGBUVn9/XjSMc4nOiPjLVbiAa4SGAClc0W6XJqEpKslv905L7OEUHez4eVaPTOPs8DJUhRN4LF2Y= Received: by 10.114.88.1 with SMTP id l1mr3703695wab.1191173821376; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:37:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.175.9 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:37:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10709301037i5e3110b8s748ed78323fbce4f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:37:01 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Backups In-Reply-To: <46FFD425.10406@addcom.de> 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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10709291526s46c5c1ebrb34a7171215a3db2@mail.gmail.com> <46FF1A46.10903@lix-world.net> <49bf44f10709300836s790edbfbrac69e84bc36d1d66@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10709300933m6577d64csf1709c324541b48a@mail.gmail.com> <46FFD425.10406@addcom.de> X-Archives-Salt: 7d14d8a5-4228-4d13-8b1f-5f2b85e6f671 X-Archives-Hash: d1de112806cc112928cdcf50b49d52cd > >>>> Do you back up anything other than /etc and /home on a standard system? > >>> In a Gentoo system nothing is really standard, so I backup everything > >>> from / and then have a small exclude list with things like: > >>> > >>> /dev, /proc, /sys, /exports, /var/cache/squid, /srv/BackupPC. > >>> > >>> > >>> /var contains the most important files on a Gentoo system, if you loss > >>> the portage installed software information your in a heap of trouble. > >>> Goes both ways though backup of portages var information is less useful > >>> without backup of everything installed. > >>> > >>> > >>> I'm undecided about /usr/portage, I could save some time backing up > >>> /usr/portage/distfiles, but it is easily generated content. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Minimal backup - if your willing to spend the hours on getting thing > >>> back up and running. > >>> > >>> /etc /root /home /usr/local /var > >> For now I think I'll do /etc, /root, /home, /var/lib/portage/world, > >> /usr/src/linux/.config, and anything specific I might need in > >> /usr/local. What else am I missing out on in /var? I'm OK with a > >> full reinstall for now. > >> > >> - Grant > > > > Where do you guys store your backups? Leaving backups on a DVD in the > > same apartment as the machines doesn't make too much sense to me. > > Maybe I should mail em to my parents every week or something? > > > > - Grant > > I keep them on an USB-stick (udf filesystem, with the same settings like > a CD-RW). But where do you put the USB stick? If my apartment building burns to the ground while I'm away, I'll lose my systems and the backups. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list