On Feb 24, 2011 3:40 PM, "Celejar" <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:22:56 -0500
> Curt Howland <Howland@priss.com> wrote:
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> ...
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> > But in general, it's necessary to back up only /etc and /home. These
> > are where settings and user data are stored, and rebuilding the whole
> > system it can be better to build the "system" anew, then just recover
> > the user data and any needed custom settings from /etc.
>
> I'd strongly recommend backing up at least parts of /var (what if you
> have mail in the mail spool when the system dies?).
>
I have a development vm that I backup with a simple svn commit from my home directory.
In other words, your backup scheme should depend on what the system is used for.