On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:19:35 +0200 rosea grammostola <rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Folderol <folderol@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > You have /music and /audio? Those are mounted harddrives? > > \r Hmmm. I seem to be a bit slow responding! /audio is on its own hard drive /music is a separate partition on the main drive. /music and /audio are backed up regularly and taken off site. The rest I consider replaceable. -- 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
