In reply to civileme's mail, d.d. Sat, 8 Mar 2003 06:54:43 -0900: >> Is there no easy way to preserve all kinds of settings and configs from >> /etc other than selecting and backing up files by hand? > >Well, of course many files in /etc are needed when / is mounted read-only >before any other partitions are mounted...
That dawned on me at the moment the reboot failed. *sheepish grin* Better late than never. >and perhaps other files, make a home directory as a repository for CVS and >do a checkout daily or so then the files should be available to put into a >new install. Great advice, as usual, from you. Thank you! Paul -- If thou thinkest twice, before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it. -William Penn http://nlpagan.net - Linux by Mandrake - Sylpheed by Hiro
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