Re: Potato simple backup strategy?

[brian moore <bem@cmc.net>]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 09:38:12AM +0000, Steve.Simons@JDWILLIAMS.CO.UK wrote:
> If I keep my local mirror of installed packages (using 'apt-move sync' and
> dpkg --get-selections > installed.packages) up to date and backed up, and I
> backup my personal data (I'm including /etc, /home and /var/spool here) on
> a regular basis, is it safe to assume that in the event of a major disaster
> all I'd have to do to recover is:
> 
> 1. install the base system
> 2. restore the mirrors partition
> 3. dpkg --get-selections < installed.packages
> 4. use 'file: /mirrors/debian' in my sources-list
> 5. apt-get update/upgrade
> 6. restore personal data

Almost.  You lost your configuration stuff (mostly in /etc).  Back that
up, too, and, yeah, it's trivial and is how I've reinstalled a couple
times (and I need to again... /usr is just a tad too small for comfort,
but I'm not really motivated).

> I'm backing up to CD-RW.  Any suggestions and comments gratefully received.
> 
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