> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:38:50 +0000
> Tim <xendistar@???> wrote:
>
>> I am going to change distro, so I want to make sure that I have
>> everything on my list of things to save before I wipe the disk.
>>
>> My list so far:
>>
>> home folder (email\video\pictures\mp30\docs etc.)
>> smb.conf
>> xorg.conf (for ref.)
>> bookmarks
Mat wrote:
> I save these too:
>
> /etc/ (tiny size, but useful)
> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ (if you use cron)
> /usr/src/linux*/.config (if you build your own kernels)
>
I use a spreadsheet to list all the services I have on a Linux machine on
one side and the relevant config files and pathway on the other side. This
can be easily modified for another machine once you write the template and
listing versions can help avoid conflicts when copying config files. This
works well for Linux as nearly everything that happens in a Linux distro
is a service or stems from one, even user accounts files (depending on how
you manage user accounts). It doesn't take that long and saves a lot of
time.
Hope this helps.
Damian B
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