[buug] Backups [Was: Trapped in Upgrade Hell]

[f.johan.beisser]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, johnd wrote:

> What do you mean by data?

everything on disk is important, period. it doesn't matter what it is,
where it's from, or if you can "easily replace" it. if it can't be
restored easily, it's useless.

>  You don't think binaries that came with your distros install CD are
> irreplacable?

those are the most replacable bits of data you have on disk. for a home
user, it's almost completely pointless to back up the OS itself.

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