On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:43:29 -0700 Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:58 AM, rosea grammostola > <rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <SNIP> > > > > Do you guys backup only your /home folder and personal files/ > > documents, or the root ( / ) system also? > > > > \r > > I back up /home, /audio, /var/lib/portage/world and /etc. On Gentoo > pretty much everything I need to recreate my setup is in /etc so > that's pretty easy. The world file on Gentoo is just a text list of > the apps I want installed. Portage can create a system from nothing > but that. However I need /etc/portage to get any machine specific > settings. All the other things like network configuration, etc., is > kept in /etc on my machines. > > If you run mysql then back up databases as Arnold suggests. > > Hope this helps, > Mark On my general purpose machine just /home On my DAW /audio and /music (I keep 'construction' files separate from finished tracks). I also have printed step-by-step instructions on how to get my machines back to my standard configuration. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
