On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:48:06AM -0400, Jim Foltz wrote: > Hi, > > I an going to do a re-installation of Windows and Debian and planned on > backing up the /etc directory. My /home and /usr/local are on a second > drive so will remain intact. What else on the / partition might need > to be saved? I don't have any databases or anything out of the ordinary > (that I know of, or remember) >
If you want to get back up and running fast, do dpkg --get-selections > /usr/local/dpkg_packages. Then, when you reinstall, skip all of the initial dselect stuff until you do dpkg --set-selections < /usr/local/dpkg_packages. All of the packages that you had on your old system will be automagically selected in dselect for you! -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
