Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 10:56:54 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org>, Jerold McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Atom Powers <atom.powers@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: From FIXIT: (was:Re: System down, won't come up Message-ID: <20060903175654.GB6793@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <44FA8FFE.9040107@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20060902033024.GA68680@thought.org> <20060902040551.GI25190@wantadilla.lemis.com> <df9ac37c0609020833p33115cf2icbd25f38289d167@mail.gmail.com> <20060903011102.GB2261@thought.org> <E1GJhfS-0003YN-4u@sys22.mail.msu.edu> <20060903040355.GF2261@thought.org> <44FA8FFE.9040107@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 09:19:10AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
>
> > fixit mode. What I really want is to get the data files off
> > and over to another servr. Havng /etc/* and maybe /var/db/pkg/*
> > would be a big help. Then I could reinstall 5.3 ->5.5 and
> > finally over to 6.1.
>
> Why go via 5.5 if you're upgrading by installing a new system on the
> machine? Just go straight to 6.1.
Good point.
>
> Stuff you should backup before doing that:
>
> /etc --- absolutely vital
Yep; and I do have a Tao.tbz; but it is sitting right in
/usr/tmp, on tao. (....)
> /usr/local/etc --- ditto: most people have put hours of work into
> port configuration files which would be painful
> to have to recreate.
> /var --- lots of programs keep their state in files in
> /var, not to mention stuff like MYSQL DB files.
> /home or /usr/home - depending on how your disk is laid out.
> /root
>
> Other stuff you might need to backup:
>
> /usr/local/www --- if you run web sites of this machine
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/{xdm,app-defaults,...}
> --- if you've customised stuff under there
>
> /boot/loader.conf
> /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/HOSTNAME
> --- these two should be mostly for reference as
> their contents have changed significantly with
> changes to the system.
> /usr/local/share/snmp/{snmp.conf,snmpd.conf}
> --- only if you run net-snmpd: for some reason it
> keeps its config files here instead of under
> /usr/local/etc
>
> That covers all of the locations I know of where hand customised files
> can generally be found (on machines I admin, at least). Everything else
> should be replacable by running a 'make world' cycle or by using the ports.
> No doubt other people do things differently, so will have a slightly different
> list...
>
Every night I tar -y my website files up and sent them remote.
--Whenever-I-remember, I tar up the /etc directories and ship
them to local servers. (I *really* do gotta get a plan. Never
expect 5.4 to [ct]rap out! What a wakeup call....)
Oh: /boot/loader.conf is something to consider too. Thanks
much.
gary
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew
>
> --
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>
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