<quote who="rob"> > nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> What still concerns me are config files for applications. > Because these are machine-independant, I suppose they could appear > somewhere in /usr. > But would they? > And where exactly would they appear? that is completely dependend upon the application, if its a debian package, 99% of the configurations are in /etc most of the rest is in /var/lib (dpkg, mailman ..), I don't remember comming accross any debian packages that stored config stuff in other places. the rest would be very diffuclt to track down unless you know exactly what file(s) your looking for or what program uses them. good luck .. i migrated my home fileserver/gateway to a new system last night, from a 100GB maxtor drive to dual 100GB western digital special edition drives in raid1, I plan to keep the maxtor with the OS data around for a month or 2 then I'll re-partition it as data storage ..since it has about 10 partitions on it.. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]