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Hi, im little new in Arch. I have a question. If i have back up (copy all directories to usb flash) and i'll reinstall arch and i'll copy all directories to arch, will i have all things (configurations and packages) same as the latest arch ?? Thx for answers.
PS: sorry for my english
Last edited by STANKAR (2010-12-28 15:31:50)
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IMHO, best way to backup your Arch is to back /etc (which has all your config), and keep a copy of `pacman -Qe` (which lists all the packages you explicitly installed -- not dependencies) so you can reinstall everything in the list, then restore all the config to /etc
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Packages change often - Arch is a rolling release distro - so you may still need to update your system after you reinstall it.
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IMHO, best way to backup your Arch is to back /etc (which has all your config), and keep a copy of `pacman -Qe` (which lists all the packages you explicitly installed -- not dependencies) so you can reinstall everything in the list, then restore all the config to /etc
Does /etc have a copy of my conf files in ~/ like .bashrc and .vimrc?
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I think it goes without saying that you will also need to copy /home
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I think it goes without saying that you will also need to copy /home
Uhh, yeah, that was my assumption...
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What do you want to do exactly? I don't understand the question... If you backup your whole Arch install then it's useless to reinstall it before restoring the backup. Unless you only backup some directories...
What do you mean by "the latest Arch"? If you reinstall then you'll have the more recent packages, but if you restore your backup then you'll have whatever was installed when you made the backup.
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What do you want to do exactly? I don't understand the question... If you backup your whole Arch install then it's useless to reinstall it before restoring the backup. Unless you only backup some directories...
What do you mean by "the latest Arch"? If you reinstall then you'll have the more recent packages, but if you restore your backup then you'll have whatever was installed when you made the backup.
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IMHO, best way to backup your Arch is to back /etc (which has all your config), and keep a copy of `pacman -Qe` (which lists all the packages you explicitly installed -- not dependencies) so you can reinstall everything in the list, then restore all the config to /etc
If you put stuff in /usr/local, /var and /srv, don't forget that aswell.
I just use rsnapshot over / (with some exclude rules for devfs etc)
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