On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 13:42 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > Sorry I was unclear. > > I want to remove all the crud from my system in order to be able to run > backups that are fast, small, and simple. > > I installed gnome and kde at one point but I never use them. > > I have no intention of reinstalling them at a later date.
The issue here is that you only need to backup your data. Backups of /usr and /var and so on mean nothing. dpkg --get-selections > installed.packages.list tar jcvf $DATE-backup.tar.bz2 /home installed.packages.list /etc It really make ZERO sense to do full backups this way. Debian can be installed as a base system and then re-installed faster and easier than restoring. You really only need backup your list of installed packages, /etc and /home and anywhere else you have stored REAL data. Remember, you are not dealing with Windows. Most Unix systems, things like Netware and OSX are all designed to be re-installed quickly and then the "data" restored quickly. A /usr on a CD does you a crap-load of no-good if you system is toast. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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