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What should I backup before switching to Cent OS?


You want to back up the following files:

Directory Description
/boot: Files important for boot process
/etc: System configuration files
/home: Domains and home directories of users
/var/www: Apache root
/root: Homedirectory of root
/var/lib/mysql: MySQL-Databases
/var/log: Log-files
/var/spool/mail: User-mailboxes
/var/spool/cron: Cron-Jobs
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages: PLESK Configuration

You may backup recursively with “scp -r” or use ftp


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