Oh I forgot the part about backing up /etc and /home and the output of dpkg --get-selections, then just wiping the hard drive and reinstalling from scratch.
And for problems with /dev try using devfs, everything is recreated automatically/dynamically. So you dont have non-existent devices lurking in your /dev directory. On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 15:51, Sascha Beaumont wrote: > Rather than dpkg -l, try dpkg --get-selections > file > > If you save that to a file, a dpkg --set-selections < file is good to > setup a system with the same packages. > > Easy to read and edit... and doesnt have the dpkg -l problem of > truncating a package name. > -- Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
