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Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use



Maureen L Thomas <silverorb@verizon.net> writes:

> I have everything I need including a third HDD.  There are so many backup programs I have to wonder which one will work for my needs.  I
> just need to make a backup of my home directory so if I do something stupid like play with /var and have no idea how to fix it.  Is there
> something else I need to back up besides /home?  I appreciate your help.

I use bup. It's a fairly simple command line tool. It can generate error
correction data for my backups too which I thought is great but as you
say, there are many

I back up /boot /etc /home /root usr/local /var/lib/dpkg /var/lib/apt/extended_states
on my main desktop. Probably different directories on my other computers.

I can't remember why /var/lib/dpkg and /var/lib/apt/extended_states though.

/boot is a little suspect too but I do have a custom Grub theme in
there but that's the only thing worth backing up in /boot.

I also save partition tables with sfdisk and Debian package selections
with dpkg --get-selections "*", just in case. My desktop especially has
a fair number of partitions on the boot drive with three operating
system. So, good to keep a copy of that.


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