On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 04:08:27PM -0700, Brett Wuth wrote: > Hi, > > My Debian system is getting to have so many packages installed > that backing it up is becoming difficult. Ideally I'd like to > only back up the files which I can't restore by re-installing > the packages. > > Does anyone have a scheme or suggestions for backing up: > * all files /
> * except those that are part of Debian packages all except /home /root /usr/local /var/local > * but including those files that have been modified from > the distribution version don't know any quick way to determine those > * and including those files that are dpkg-divert'd /etc/alternatives > * and state information of which packages are installed > so the same ones can be installed again? /etc So i'd suggest to back up the following areas: configuration: /etc user data: /home variable data: /var/local /var/backups /var/log site local: /var/local /usr/local /root (eventually) kernels and modules: /boot /lib/modules -Michele
