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| From | Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: My darn NAS... |
| Date | 2021-01-14 14:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <de26dh-6adc1.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> (permalink) |
| References | <rtp8k8$55d$5@dont-email.me> <610634576@f1.n770.z6810.fidonet.org> <rtpes1$l51$1@dont-email.me> <o0t5dh-gn1c1.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu> <rtpkft$rjp$3@dont-email.me> |
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 14/01/2021 13:19, Chris Green wrote: > > The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> On 13/01/2021 17:36, Richard Falken wrote: > >>> Re: Re: My darn NAS... > >>> By: The Natural Philosopher to Chris Green on Thu Jan 14 2021 11:06 am > >>> > >>> > depends on what you want. I rsync huge amounts of data. Disk space is > >>> > cheap. Recovering from data loss is not, Working out what is important > >>> > and what is not is even more expensive. > >>> > > >>> > >>> I agree with this position. > >>> > >>> I know that just backing up the data that is not easily reproductible suffices, > >>> in theory. However, if you only back the data up without the applications and > >>> the OS stack, your recovery consits on a sysadmin installing software for a > >>> week and swearing at his notebook. > >>> > >>> > >> Well I do reinstall all apps BUT remembering what the config files were > >> called, what changes were made and where they were, is something I > >> prefer to leave for that recovery phase. > >> > > I make very sure that all the configuration is either in /home or > > /etc, most programs do behave properly and keep their configurations > > in the right place. > > > > > >> In general a well crashed primary disk is an excuse to upgrade everything... > >> > > Yes, so why would one back up /usr ?? > > > Because /usr/local and /usr/lib is full of nice stuff like fonts and > screensave backgrounds and the like > I do actually back up /usr/local, as far as I'm aware there's nothing in my /usr/lib that isn't simply a package I can download from the repositories. I do keep a record of everything that I have installed in addition to a standard basic install of xubuntu, as well as my record I use synaptic which also keeps a history of what has been installed. -- Chris Green ยท
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Re: My darn NAS... Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2021-01-14 12:58 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-13 12:21 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 12:43 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 13:29 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 13:22 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... TimS <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2021-01-15 11:25 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.Richard.Falken@f1.n770.z6810.fidonet.org (Richard Falken) - 2021-01-14 06:36 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 12:53 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 13:19 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 14:29 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 14:52 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-14 17:31 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:24 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-14 13:39 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-14 14:07 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-14 15:22 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> - 2021-01-14 20:08 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-15 08:34 +0000
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Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-18 17:57 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2021-01-19 13:37 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-21 18:06 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-11 10:15 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-11 15:16 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-11 15:31 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2021-01-11 18:05 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-12 00:31 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-01-12 12:19 -0500
Re: My darn NAS... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-13 12:09 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2021-01-11 10:25 +0000
Re: My darn NAS... nospam.paul.lee@f420.n105.z1.binkp.net (paul lee) - 2021-01-12 00:35 +1300
Re: My darn NAS... Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-01-12 12:25 -0500
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