On Monday 13 Jan 2003 7:58 am, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:51:07 +1100 > > "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > At some stage I am intending on upgrading my machine to Mandrake 9 > > (groing from Mandrake 8.2). Rather than just do an upgrade I am planning > > on just installing Mandrake 9.0 (i.e. re-do everything). However I am > > wondering what I should back up to cd before I do it. I have backed up my > > home directory but is there anything else that should be done as well. Is > > there anyway of getting system information (such as monitor settings, > > sound card, etc.) and saving to file too? Thanks. > > > > Jon. > > For reference purposes I'd backup the /etc directory (though I wouldn't use > the files in the new system, adapting the new ones to fit instead), and if > you have any server configurations and data you may want to back up parts > of your /var directory. It's been my experience that it's better to > re-install than upgrade as well and that's a good choice on your part > there. I'm sure someone else can think of a couple more things to back up > but those are what I would add. > > HTH > Jerry
Civileme recommended /home /etc /usr and /var HTH Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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