Re: system backups with zip disks

[Jeff Largent <jlargent@imagelinks.com>]

Backing up and entire system is a complete waste of time.
The install media is the backup for your programs.
Back up your configs and data, The progs themseleves can
be reinstalled faster than you read all of that off of tape.

1.  Set up a consistant install across all systems if possible.
	We actually use 2 one for users on for developers.
2.  I havn't used slackware in awhile so I can't remember what
     there package tool uses for a list of packages to install.
     With redhat you have kickstart, define all you packages
     there.
3.  Restore configs, and data.

This should only take you less than an hour and your system will
be exactly like it was on the date of your last backup.



Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I was trying to backup the entire contents of the slackware 8.0 system.
> I didn't figure to have to do this all that regularly but even with cdrw
> drives that would have used 6 disks by now.  As things stand, everything
> new I've downloaded I've got backed up.  After that, I'll probably end up
> backing up /home and /etc directory trees and leave it at that.
> 

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Jeff Largent                   ImageLinks, Inc.
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