[...] > I'm going to backup /etc, /home but how do I backup a list of all > installed software so that if something goes wrong and I want to get > back to what I have without remembering every package I've ever added. > Preferably some automatic list that I could re-apt > -An alternate use to this idea that I've been thinking about, if I > change computers and want to bring a new machine up to the same set of > software fast I would need some list that apt can run through.
I don't know the intricacies of ext3 resizing, sorry. But I do know how to save your installed-package list. # to save: debconf-get-selections > mystatefile # to retrieve: debconf-set-selections < mystatefile dselect install Reference: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html You may also wish to back up /var/ (run apt-get clean first!), which obviates the above. -- Henry House +1 530 753 3361 ext. 13 Please don't send me HTML mail! My mail system frequently rejects it. The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> to find out how to use it. My OpenPGP key: <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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