well, I've trashed my system ...again ;)

[Adam Membrey]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:30 am, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 04:19:06AM +1000, Adam Membrey wrote:
> > So in short my /var/ directory has been nuked, I've been informed that
> > this now requires a reinstall (which is fine, I had to resize my
> > partitions anyhoo)
> >
> > My question is, if I I backup /usr/ /bin/ /home/ /etc/ and then restore
> > them when I've reinstalled, will everything be back as it was? or should
> > I do a dd on the partition?
>
> You can backup and restore /home verbatim.  I recommend selectively
> restoring /etc, only the files that you find that you need.  You should not
> touch /usr; the data there is provided by the packaging system.
>
> --
>  - mdz

Ok then, thanks :)

Guess I will just have to remember what packages I have to reinstall ;)

As a way around this problem in future, should I possibly do a:

sudo rsync -av /home /media/downloads

In a daily cron job?


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