On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:22:56 -0500 Curt Howland <[email protected]> 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 -- 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

