Thomas Chef wrote: > Hello ! > > Now that my gentoo system is up and running the applications that I > want to use, how do I make a reliable backup ? > > Can I follow the guide on: > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Backup_to_DVD > > Is that a proven/working method ? > > / Thomas
A lot of people recommend mondo-rescue. I think it creates a bootable CD/DVD and you can restore from there. I have never used this but it gets mentioned a lot. Also, just look around in app-backup and see what you can find. You may find something that better suites your needs. For me, I use Kbackup to back up my data, portage tree, and config files that I can use to rebuild from. It works well enough for me. It will even size the tarballs to fit on the CD/DVD too. This would mean recompiling everything again but that's just me. Most of this will depend on what you are needing to backup, whether you want a command line tool or GUI and a few other odds and ends. Dale :-) :-)
