On Feb 24, 2011 3:40 PM, "Celejar" <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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?). >
I have a development vm that I backup with a simple svn commit from my home directory. In other words, your backup scheme should depend on what the system is used for.
