Backing things up

Uncle_Psychosis · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 387

Hi guys

I've done a bit of a search but haven't been able to find quite what I'm looking for!

I want to backup my important config files- which ones do I need?

/etc/X11/XF86Config
/etc/fstab
/boot/grub/grub.conf

I've heard I should also backup my world file- where is it kept? I thought it was in /var/cache/edb/world but I don't seem to have one of them! Also, how do I backup my kernel config?

Am I missing anything else obvious?

Thanks

Sam

BlackEdder · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:07 pm Post subject:

/etc/conf.d/net
/usr/src/linux/.config

[root@edder ~ ]$ locate world
....
/var/lib/portage/world
....

Uncle_Psychosis · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 387

Thanks!

So they've moved the world file?

I suppose I should also back up my make.conf too?

Cheers

Sam

NewBlackDak · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:22 am Post subject:

I do my whole /etc dir. There's always some silly file that I changed a single line that I'll forget. Even on my email server where there are tons of config files a