On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:27:20 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> On Thursday 24 February 2011 16:10:09 Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Jo, 24 feb 11, 16:33:09, Celejar wrote: > > > Certainly - but my advice stands for typical, general purpose desktops, > > > laptops and servers. > > > > I doubt typical, general purpose desktops and laptops (yes, I omitted > > servers) are using /var/spool/mail or /var/spool/cron/crontabs > > Having a couple of user cronjobs around is pretty normal for me. And while > remote mail is optional, I consider a system that can't deliver local mail to > be incomplete. > > There's also other stuff under /var I use. PostgreSQL databases for one. And various software keeps stuff under /var/lib - kismet, bluetooth. > NB: I don't keep backups. I know I should, but I don't. I gave up after > calculating the size of the pile of DVDs I'd need to back up my 4TB file Why not use HDDs? 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 debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110224174930.f09a5b03.cele...@gmail.com
