If you have a CD writer and lots of spare disk space, try mondo.

Buchan

"Matt G. Ellis" wrote:
> 
> Hello Lists!
> 
> I'm posting this to both expert and newbie because I'm not sure how much
> cross subscription goes on, and I'm not exactly sure what catagory this
> message falls into.
> 
> I'm going to be installing a Mandrake system soon, and I know you can back
> up the file that has the install prefrences, so you can repeat the same
> install at a later date.  Since I'm setting up a server, I'm going to be
> installing a few RPMs, changing some files, adding some things etc.
> 
> Once this is done I would like to backup eveything that has changed or been
> added since install (RPM Database, any changed files, new files, etc).  This
> way someone could very easly format the HD, reinstall via the saved
> settings, the put the changes back onto the system via my selective back up.
> 
> Any ideas how to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt G. Ellis
> 
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