[CoLoCo] Notebook drive

[David L. Willson]

-- nevermind what I said a minute ago --

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:32:45 -0600, Scott Scriven wrote
> * Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
> > 1) issue a 'dpkg --get-selections' command and redirect that to 
> > a file on your backup medium (or /etc).  This will store the 
> > list of all programs you installed via apt-get
> 
> This works, but tends to show me all installed packages -- not 
> just the ones I actually care about.  So I prefer to use 
> debfoster instead.  (and back up /var/lib/debfoster/keepers )
> 
> > 2) back up you /etc folder
> 
> Definitely.
> 
> > (Also, /var/www if you are serving web pages; or /var/mail if 
> > you have a local mail server)
> 
> It's often a good idea to back up all of /var.  And even then, 
> don't forget to dump your databases if you have any.
> 
> Other dirs to consider backing up (if you do only partial 
> backups) are /usr/local, /root, /srv, and /opt, depending on your 
> distro and config.
> 
> -- Scott
> 
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-- David