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.
> 
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Sascha Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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