way of keeping backup copy of that stuff without
wasting space.
just my theory
rgds
Frank
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Subject: Re: [newbie] What can
On Tuesday 24 September 2002 08:04 pm, Scott Felton wrote:
I have a fairly new install of Mandrake 8.2. If (when) I decide to upgrade
to 9.0 what should I or can I save? Is it easier to start from scratch or
can I save what is in my /home directory? I'm just not sure if eveything in
/home
On Tuesday 24 September 2002 09:37 pm, you wrote:
I prefer to find everything on the entire install that I want to keep,
including home, any config stuff and whatever else.. and put the lot in its
own directory... (say /backup)
Then tar that directory up...:
tar -zcvvf backup.tar.gz
