Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Except for one thing. > > If you change config files in /etc or /var then you tend to loose them > when you upgrade, or wipe and reinstall, and you forget what changes you > made and might want to redo. > > I create a smallish /usr/local partition and a /home partition. The > /usr/local partition is then subdir'd with etc, var, var/named, etc. and > any changed config files get mv'd into there and symlinked back to where > they came from. That way I don't lose my dhcpd.conf or named files when I > do a wipe and reinstall. Hmm, you could equally argue that it would cause more problems than it's worth, what with old copies of certain configuration files lying around. I always make a put of backing up /etc and the .files in my home directory; I just don't see how its justified making another partition for it (they don't amount to much and thus aren't hard to keep over a reformat of the disk) Although I guess if you don't have access to backup media or another computer, it may just come in handy! YMMV :-) Cheers! -- Damien Elmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
