Re: backup and rebuild strategy
Pann (pann @ourmanpann.com) wrote:-
> Mike,
>
> I've given this some thought. Attached is a text file of my musings on
> the subject.
>
> Since I wrote that file I've done one thing to make my life easier. I've
> started using rcs to track changes to config files, especially in /etc.
> As part of the backup I'll do a find -name "*,v" and save the rcs files.
> Should save lots of grief in /etc.
>
> Luck,
> Pann
{Snip my original post and Pann's long and detailed reply}
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed (well, almost exactly - I don't have
any database package installed, so I don't need to backup /var/mysql).
How could I have forgotten the other stuff in /var? Doh!
There's one thing I've added - a print of the disk partition table. It's
not strictly necessary at the moment, as everything is on one big
partition, but I may want to split things down into manageable chunks at
some time in the future.
Mike
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