On Thursday 14 March 2002 00:25, David wrote: > I need to re-install OS. Can I do so without having to re-install all my > apps? > > Is it possible to save some of my setting? > > If it matters my partitions table is as follows: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda8 489992 299049 165643 65% / > none 79456 0 79456 0% /dev/shm > /dev/hda11 7218432 3329464 3522288 49% /home > /dev/hda10 3020140 844508 2022216 30% /usr
Since most apps are in /usr, your apps may well survive the reinstall (unless you reformat /dev/hda10, of course!) so long as you install the same libraries etc. No guarantees, though. There may be some things in /bin or /sbin that will be broken, but my guess is that it's unlikely - these are usually system thingies that will be reinstalled. Some apps may be in /opt, so you should back them up first, and copy them to your new /opt (no problems with dependencies there, since, if I've RTFMed correctly, /opt is for self-contained apps that don't follow the normal Linux tree structure). > Also what is that partition @ mnt point "/dev/shm"? I didn't put that > there. Beats me - /dev is always full of mysterious stuff! But since it's all hardware-related, it shouldn't make any difference to a reinstall. Robin
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