> I'm probably wrong, but I don't believe your suggestion will work as
> hda5, 6 & 7 are on the same logical partition. Correct ?
Shoulda paid closer attention. It could still be done with MUCH more
manipulation.
An alternative that I've used before goes like this:
1) create a temporary directory in another partition. A good
candidate is /usr/src partition. Call it /usr/src/configs.
2) Create subs in the configs directory for /root and
/home/<userdirs>
3) Copy everything in /root (cp -R * /usr/src/configs/root).
4) Copy everything in the user directories to the configs directory
(cp -R /home/<userdirs>/* /usr/src/configs/home/<userdirs>)
5) Find everything you'll need to reconfigure after a reinstall. Files like
/etc/profile (maybe), all of the /etc/ppp directory,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, anything else you can think of. Copy
them to corresponding directories in /usr/src/configs
(i.e. /usr/src/configs/etc). DO NOT do this with lilo.conf unless
you're absolutely certain it will work. It's easier to manually
reconfigure it later.
6) Reinstall. Repartition and format everything (EXCEPT the /usr/src
partition - be CAREFUL here!!!).
7) Copy everything back from /usr/src/configs to the original locations.
(cp -R /usr/src/configs/* /)
8) Reboot
Not a pretty picture. Not easy or performed rapidly. But, you gotta do what
you gotta do when you have no tape drive.
I've done this several times and so far haven't had to fix anything except
reconfiguring the modem and setting a few permissions (usually pppd and
/dev/cuaX).
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