Off-topic: multivolume tar archive + CDROM == pain!
For those home backup solutions, don't ever listen to anyone who tells
you that doing multivolume tar archives on CDROM is a good idea. It
isn't! I know this from experience! ;-) It's very painful. CDROM's
are much better used as random access devices as opposed to linear. tar
!= random access :. tar != good backup solution w/CDROM media. Maybe
tar'ing up smaller chunks of files that != multivolume would be ok ;-).
Instead, make a good plan of attack for backing up files based on their
volatility and importance. With CDROM's as a media, think regularily
scheduled full backups of selected data groups.
There are a few things I like to back up frequently:
* $HOME (excluding things like netscape cache or download directory)
* /var/cvs/$repositories
* dpkg --get-selections > /var/backup/dpkg-selections.list
* /var/backup/*
* /etc/*
* /var/lib/$pkgmgrfiles
* /var/log/$newlogfiles
Things I back up infrequently:
* *.{gif,png,jpg,mov,mp3,mpeg,ogg} # etc
* /home/ftp/pub/*
* /var/log/$oldlogfiles
Actually, I try to burn the ogg and mp3 files to disc immediately.
Sometimes I get smart and include the source code or binary code for the
a media player.
Anyway, back to your regularily scheduled off-topic thread. ;-)
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