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First of all, I'll say that I don't do backups at all, If my HD crashes, It crashes and life goes on. But I do want to save my most ...
  1. 11-03-2007 #1
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    Backing up my Config files

    First of all, I'll say that I don't do backups at all, If my HD crashes, It crashes and life goes on. But I do want to save my most important files for safekeeping.
    If you were going to Wipe your HD, which config files would you want to keep on a USB drive, for safe keeping? Assume nothing and include everything.
    I recently bought a 512MB USB drive, which I'm going to use to store Knoppix settings, and I want to back up all important files from my Gentoo install. I know mostly which files I want to backup, Xorg, smb.conf, fstab, I just want to be thourough.
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  2. 11-03-2007 #2
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    I usually keep copies of the following for future reference:

    xorg.conf
    fstab
    menu.lst
    rc.conf
    vimrc
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    I find myself backing up less and less system files these days. Distro as just making it easier for things to work straight out but also in days past when I always brought my files/folders (e.g. xorg.conf, .gnome) with me I found that newer features weren't being used. I like to start fresh but two files I always back up are ddclient.conf for my dynamic dns and until very recently my /etc/pam.d/gdm to allow automatic wifi login.
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    xorg.conf, a few color schemes, schema files.
    .mozilla ( bookmarks.html atleast ) and kmail folders.
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    That's a good one dc, I do actually back up my bookmarks.html
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    Yep, I totally forgot about the ol' bookmarks file... gotta have that!
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    Now see there? I actually forgot to include bookmarks as a backup item. What about a CUPS info file? Or is it easier to just reconfigure CUPS?
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    I prefer to keep my cups in the cupboard. All joking aside, it might be a good Idea to back it up.
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  9. 11-04-2007 #9
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    I backup user data (spreadsheets and other documents), print important e-mails to pdf and back them up. I also export bookmarks to HTML and contacts to pdf.
    I still have a habit of taking a backup of installation software (zip, exe, rpm etc) which I am trying to break - broadband means download time rather than cost (eventually I will replace with HTML of download links).
    The only other thing I have is a hard copy of internet access information (ISP account information and mail server information) so I can enter it correctly during installation.

    When I install a new OS I try and explore some of the features rather than getting it to work exactly the same as before.
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