Backup

With openSuSE 10.3 rc1 knocking on the door, a lot of new members are going to be asking questions along the line of: "How do I back up my email to have it available in a clean install of openSuSE 10.3?"; "What all do I need to backup so my important "stuff" will be available when I install 10.3?" and a whole raft of other questions along those lines.

Here is a link that captures the essence of backup and restore on a Linux system: http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2280165098.html

Steven J. Rosen's sections on "Why and what to backup" and "Table 1 -- Directories to check for important data to backup" are worthy of a bookmark.

I will add that when it comes to backing up "Evolution", there is a post on the forum by Kastorff which is the absolute best way to perform that feat. Find it @ http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showto...mp;#entry123255

Oh yes, one last tip, compress all those emails from within the email client prior to doing the backup and you will save a bunch of disk space & the medium on which you store the backup.

Finally, now that you will know how to do a backup, set it up to run on a regular basis for your own protection.

Have fun...and get ready.

Thanks to a link posted on SLS forum by oldcpu, here is a link for "Backing Up Your Linux" using "rsync":
"Date: August 27, 2007
Author(s): Rob Williams

Backing up your computer is important. Don't be the sucker who loses important files and has to deal with it afterwards! In this how-to, you will learn about using rsync and lftp, writing your own scripts and adding them to crontab and of course, backing up to your external storage, NAS and also a remote server running Linux."

at http://techgage.com/article/backing_up_your_linux.

With rsync and the info from post 1, you should be ready to backup.