On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 20:53:01 -0400 Nancy Allison <nancythewrit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to create a copy of everything, my Fedora 28 operating > system, all the programs, all the nifty Firefox plug-ins, all my > Favorites > -- everything? So if this hard drive died and I needed to get a new > laptop, I could copy over the entire contents of this computer > without having to recreate it? These are two different but related things: the OS and your home directory (what some operating sytems call a profile). > If so, how would I do that? The OS? You can but restoring to different hardware can be difficult. I know exactly how to do it and I still prefer fresh installs. I would say don't bother. For your home directory simply copy /home/nancythewriter7 somewhere. cp, rsync, tar, cpio, take your pick. There are lots of ways to back up home directories. > If I can't do that, how can I at least generate some kind of list of > everything I have installed so I don't have to rack my brains trying > to remember everything I had on this box? Keep notes of everything you do. Really. Good notes will have all the information you need to build a new system like the old one or close enough. Fresh install, follow your notes, restore your home directory, done. -- Rich Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss