On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 09:29:09AM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > 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!
Thanks, good idea. Unfortunately, my drive died very soon after I posted my first inquiry. I will be purchasing a new one this week. -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
