On Wednesday July 18 2007 8:14:27 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > S Glasoe wrote: > > On Wednesday July 18 2007 6:57:07 am Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >> 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> > > <snip> > > > That's all possible. What I'd suggest though is an external > > USB/Firewire/SATA hard drive instead of going internal. That way its > > portable to friends, neighbors, relatives, can grab it when running from > > the burning building, etc. > > I use an external USB HDD for my backups already and in case of burning > buildings. > > > Have you searched opensuse.org for building YaST patch/update > > repositories, installing from external USB disks, etc? > > No I haven't but hoped someone already had and could point me to a > HOWTO. Failing this I will hit Google and search the Google/Linux and > opensuse site site. > > I am really hoping though someone else has done this and followed a HOWTO > :)
That was my point: Go search on opensuse.org. There is a ton of information and HOWTOs there relating to all of this. The organization is getting better and better all the time. The search function is very powerful. I don't have direct links but I used this in the last few days looking for HOWTOs on booting USB sticks, etc. -- Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
