[CoLoCo] Notebook drive

[David L. Willson]

Scott's adds are good, but why hasn't anyone mentioned /etc, or did I miss it?

I prioritize my backups like this:
/home <- Most important, on any system with one or more users
/etc  <- I've done a lot of editing in them thar config files
/var  <- Might be server-data in here, and will be log files
/root <- Because I might have saved something here, accidentally
/srv  <- This is where server-data ~ought~ to be

And don't forget /boot, if you done any kernel-mods.

I don't actually backup /usr/local or /opt, because I gunk them up so badly over the
life of the installation, I usually don't want them back.  Typically, they contain
hand-added software.

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:22:38 -0600, Jim Hutchinson wrote
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Scott Scriven <ubuntu-us-co at toykeeper.net>wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
> I would love to see this as a topic in some future meeting as I have never
> figured out the importance of the various dirs for back ups. My basic
> philosophy is if I didn't create it then I don't care if it's lost but that
> is probably not the best philosophy.
> 
> -- 
> Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
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-- David