On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Tom Rauschenbach wrote:
> What I don't want to do is go through all the pain of getting my monitor
> to work at high resolution; getting my modem to work, getting my sound to
> work etc.
I recommend saving your entire /etc/ tree to a location that will be
available after the reinstall. That way, you can reference or copy config
files from your old system as you need them.
X11: You should be able to simply copy the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to the
new system with no changes.
ISA PnP cards: You can try copying your /etc/isapnp.conf file to the new
system to configure these, but you may have have to tweak it to work with the
new system, or turn on something to have it processed automatically.
Modules: You can try copying your /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/conf.modules)
file over, but like ISA PnP, you may need to tweak it to get it to work
properly.
Sound: See above about ISA PnP and modules. More advanced things are
distribution specific. Red Hat uses /etc/sysconfig/soundcard plus some
commands in their initscripts to save/restore mixer settings in a
/etc/.aumixrc file.
Modem: See above about ISA PnP if needed. The rest pretty much takes care
of itself, although if you use a program like minicom you will have to
reconfigure the defaults (/etc/{minicom.users,minicom.dfl}).
PPP dialup: Distribution specific. Red Hat keeps PPP control information in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/{ifcfg,chat}-ppp? files, as well as the
standard files in the /etc/ppp directory.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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