Re: Finding files to back up

2002-10-10 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Mark Carroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021009 10:37]: > Being of the belief that a fresh reinstall can help to spring-clean my > machine, my usual approach to backups is to preserve my package selections Leave that belief behind. You're using debian now! =) A good backup strategy is always importa

Re: Finding files to back up

2002-10-09 Thread nate
Mark Carroll said: > Being of the belief that a fresh reinstall can help to spring-clean my > machine, my usual approach to backups is to preserve my package > selections and the files that I've added (e.g. in /home/) and modified > (e.g. in /etc/) that wouldn't be recovered in a simple package >

Finding files to back up

2002-10-09 Thread Mark Carroll
Being of the belief that a fresh reinstall can help to spring-clean my machine, my usual approach to backups is to preserve my package selections and the files that I've added (e.g. in /home/) and modified (e.g. in /etc/) that wouldn't be recovered in a simple package reinstallation. I see that d