On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:22, Pigeon wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 11:03:47PM +1100, bob parker wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:32, Grant Bowman wrote: > > > Is there a place where a general consensus has been reached on exactly > > > what is necesary to backup a Debian system? I'm sure this has been > > > asked and answered many times before, so I am looking for URLs to where > > > this has been discussed in the past. > > > > > > I apologize in advance, but I'm not a subscriber of this list. Please > > > cc me on replies. > > > > > > Thank you very much, > > > > FWIW I first of all dump my postgres databases into $HOME, then make a > > list of my installed (debian) packages, also in $HOME. > > > > I then backup $HOME excluding browser cache files, /etc and /usr/local. > > > > My idea is that after a disaster I'd make a minimum debian install, > > restore $HOME, /usr/local. After that I'd reinstall my packages from the > > list I gathered and then selectively restore /etc to get my configs back > > the way I had them. > > > > I've never used this in anger and I'd welcome any suggestions from the > > wiser heads out there. > > Well, this is almost exactly what I did when I found I couldn't > straightforwardly upgrade from slink to woody, and needed to install > woody but keep all my settings from slink. Main difference is I didn't > save /usr/local, since it was full of stuff I'd need to recompile > anyway to work with the upgraded libc6. It worked... very well. See > thread "Can't upgrade from slink to woody" or similar. The only > problems I had were specific to the upgrade situation and wouldn't > arise when restoring the original version. > > Couple of suggestions: > - might be an idea to save /var as well > - if you're into kernel customising, make sure you have a rescue > kernel with built-in support for all your critical hardware (ie, not > as modules). I NEARLY got caught without a kernel that would recognise > my Initio 9100UW SCSI card, but managed to find one. (Phew!) > > Pigeon
Thanks for the support. Re /var, I just did a du -h on it and mine comes out at 1.1 gig! Any thoughts on what is essential and what is not? Regards Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
