On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:22:56 -0500
Curt Howland <howl...@priss.com> wrote:

...

> But in general, it's necessary to back up only /etc and /home. These 
> are where settings and user data are stored, and rebuilding the whole 
> system it can be better to build the "system" anew, then just recover 
> the user data and any needed custom settings from /etc.

I'd strongly recommend backing up at least parts of /var (what if you
have mail in the mail spool when the system dies?).

Celejar
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