subversion it then... binary diffs are there :)
--- Timothy Donahue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 20 May 2005 03:59 am, Stephan Wehner
> wrote:
> > What am I trying to back up?
> >
> > What happened to me was I was running Mepis, and
> did an apt-get xfce4
> > (I think it was xfcr4). But then startx wouldn't
> work any longer. I
> > thought apt-get would be pretty safe...
> > Then I switched to FreeBSD and after a
> port-upgrade installed the new
> > version of firefox. Then firefox wouldn't work any
> more.
> >
> > In both cases I had no clue what had changed, or
> how to undo it.
> >
> > Hence my original question. I think starting over
> with OpenBSD will be
> > worth it. But I'm trying to decide on a good way
> to set up backups
> > right from the start.
> >
> > Are you saying I should put the /usr and /etc
> directories and so on in
> > a cvs repository? Will I get to know which files
> to checkout as I
> > install more ports? Or instead of a cvs repository
> I thought of just
> > taking snapshots before any system changes. But
> then I thought this
> > should be a common problem so I asked how to go
> about it.
>
>
> How about tar and a DVD burner or a USB harddrive.
> Granted, this is not an
> ideal backup situation but if all you are worried
> about is restoring after an
> update then it should work fine.
>
> CVS, well you are going to need GOBS of diskspace to
> keep the repository in.
> Every time a binary file gets updated it will keep a
> full copy of the updated
> file, not a very efficient way to go about keeping a
> system snapshot.
>
> Tim Donahue
>
>
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