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Re: good debian backup software?



> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Ray wrote:
> 
>> was wondering if there is a package that is opitmized for backing up a 
>> debian system,  like something that would compare the installed system to 
>> a set of cds (ie the install cd set) and then write out the configuration 
>> and additional packages to cd|iso|tape|whatever.  so that the when the 
>> restore is run it only asks a very few or no configuation questions.
>> 
>> i did try 'apt-cache search' and google with no success, probably just the 
>> wrong keywords.

I do mine with a daily tar of /etc and the package status list (dpkg
--get-selections > file) and an occasional CD backup with multicd of
/home and /usr/src (for my own kernels).

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