Bob Puff wrote:
Hello,
My question: exactly what files should I exclude, so that I copy everything -except- what pertains to the ethernet card(s), and hard drive mounts. I know of at least:
/etc/fstab /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* /var/run /proc
I am not sure what you want to achieve, but if you want just to Backup, maybe specialized Backup Software like Bacula (http://www.bacula.org/) could be a better solution for you (Sorry, could not resist ;-)
That said, if you want to do it that way, my exclude list (maybe) could be:
/etc/mtab /etc/ssh/*_key{,.pub} /etc/hosts (maybe) /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-* (not sure, maybe other files too) /proc/* /selinux/* /sys/* /dev/* /tmp/* /*lost+found/* (maybe) /.auto*
If the partition Layout differs /etc/fstab and not lost+found for not existing file systems maybe.
Well, I done that years ago multiple times for one shot cloning not for regular Backups and i remember beeing surprised that it worked, its kinda hackish i believe. I am sure i forgot something important paths in list above.