G T Smith wrote: > Sunny wrote: >> On 7/17/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to >>> have to re-download all the patches I have already downloaded.
<snip> > I think the OP is after something slightly different, a re-install + > apply changes made to original but NOT to move the current location. Aah, someone actually read my post, almost as it was intended to sound :) To further explain: 1. Backup /home, /etc and wherever the Yast updates are stored. 2. Take the existing SATA HDD and using openSUSE 10.2 DVD, fdisk it to delete all the partitions. 3. Insert new secondary HDD on IDE into machine to act as software installation source. 4. Restart the machine and copy the DVD's to the secondary HDD. 5. Install 10.2 on the existing SATA HDD from my new HDD installation source. 6. Copy the backups of the updated packages to my HDD installation source. 7. Install all package updates from installation source. 8. Do YAST Online update and make it put any package updates onto secondary installation source before installing them. Make sense now, and is it possible, or as I said time for RFE? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
