Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:14:42 +1100 From: Brett Harris <bsdbrett@optushome.com.au> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: mwm-dated-1044121467.43bfa2@mired.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which files and directories to backup? Message-ID: <20030129211442.215a0c7d.bsdbrett@optushome.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030128112459.C57135-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20030128173947.46630490.bsdbrett@optushome.com.au> <20030128112459.C57135-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:25:57 -0500 (EST) Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Brett Harris wrote: > > The best way that I've found to back my machine's configs up, is to > >create a directory such as /etc/config , *move* all my important > >configuration files to it (firewall, syslogd, rc.conf etc - > >basically anything i'd want to keep for a new machine), > >and then symlink them to their proper locations. > > But don't you want to also have an external copy outside the machine? > What if the whole HD dies? > You didn't include it in your reply, but in that email I also wrote: "That way, if it comes time for a backup, all you do is tar and zip that one /etc/config directory, and move it somewhere safe. " "Somewhere safe" being a CDROM/Backup Tape/remote server/remote location. Do you think you'd really keep a backup on the same machine? Wouldn't that defeat the entire point of backing something up? -Brett Harris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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