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Perre

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Registered: 2008-01-22

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Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

Hi!

I'm going to format my HDDs and do a clean install of arch to get that minty clean feeling.
I seem to remember that I can skip formating the home partition and save alot of time on configuring etc. after reinstall.
But are there any other files I should save (the most important ones you can remember)?

Of course that's connected to what apps I have installed, but there's got to be some main files that comes with every
arch install. I saved xorg.conf, rc.conf, group, inittab, sudoers. Any more?

pyther

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Re: Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

Well saving your group file is probably not the best idea, however it shouldn't harm anything. I'd personally let the system recreate the groups file. Also personally I would tar up all of /etc just for any files you find out you need later.

tar cvfz etc_backup.tar.gz /etc

Last edited by pyther (2008-11-07 22:14:42)

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ozar

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Re: Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

I saved xorg.conf, rc.conf, group, inittab, sudoers. Any more?

How about fstab and menu.lst?

I always take notes during my installs so that I have them to refer back to the next time around.

Have fun with it!

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haxit

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Re: Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

If you have Openbox, keep the menu, it helps you remember useful installed programs.

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arch0r

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Registered: 2008-05-13

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Re: Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

i usually save: xorg.conf, inittab, rc.conf, pacman.conf, my home folder, a list of installed packages and the pkg cache

Perre

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Registered: 2008-01-22

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Re: Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

Thanks guys!

I'll be doing the reinstall soon and this time I'm following ozars advice and taking notes. I'm also thinking about making a complete backup right after having my system up to 100 %
so I can just revert to that whenever I run into too big a problem later on. Anyone have a favorite backup program (OT, but I need to ask )?

arch0r

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From: From the Chron-o-John

Registered: 2008-05-13

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Re: Doing a reinstall of arch... what config files should i save?

tar

tar cvfz archiv.tgz file1.conf file2.conf etc. ...
tar xvfz archiv.tgz