[CoLoCo] Notebook drive

[Kevin Fries]

Two other lesser talked about suggestion, that I think is just as important, is:

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

2) back up you /etc folder

(Also, /var/www if you are serving web pages; or /var/mail if you have a local mail server)

HTH
Kevin Fries


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From: ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of David Overcash [funnylookinhat at gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 2:59 PM
To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Notebook drive

I completely and totally agree with David.  Hard drives are a dime a dozen for a reason (they're all virtually the same parts and you pay for brand if anything).  The best thing you can do is go cheap and figure that it'll last the 3 years that any hard drive does and after that time you should replace it to make sure your data is preserved.

Backups are a must for anything if you really care about your data....  so backup your /Home/ and you should be good to go.  (That's really the greatest thing about Linux, isn't it?  Copy that folder to a new install and it's practically your old machine minus a few apps).

-David

My advice is always to buy the cheapest thing you can get (per gigabyte) and make sure
to have at least one copy of your stuph as far as away from the live copy as
practicable, unless you're a gamer, then consider buying the really fast drive.