On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:48:32 -0700 Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net> wrote: ... > So, IMHO, what needs to be backed up is: > /boot /etc /home /root /var/spool/cron/crontabs Other parts of /var you might want to back up: /var/log /var/mail Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator