Backup--quick, cheap, good/fast, pick all 3

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 04:09:44PM -0400, Doug Sweetser wrote:
> it to CD.  (If someone has an idea about another "good practice" to
> do, please tell me).  Although I am a bit sloppy, I like my chore
> programs to always follow best practices.  Backups can be made easy,
> honest.
>

Two things:

- always have a bootable medium about with a) emergency tools and b)
  install programs for your OS. If that means 2 CDs, or a CD and a
  floppy, or whatever, just do it. Make multiple copies, and never loan
  out your only copy. Pop one in your music collection, just to make
  sure.

- if you have /home, /etc, and a list of all the packages you installed,
  you're only a credit card and a trip to the hardware place away from
  being operational.

-dsr-