-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just to add to this, when possible, what I do is to make a backup of the entire old system, and keep it around for a few months. That way, if I discover say 2 months from now that I screwed up, and didn't migrate something from the old system to the new, I have that backup to go back to, and get from it whatever I need. I usually keep such a backup for about half a year. I figure that if I use the new system extensively, I probably would have gotten whatever I need from the old system in 6 months of use. Greg On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 05:15:35PM -0400, Pia wrote: > I would add also to restore /usr/local/ and as far as /etc there are some > scripts I hand modify and so of course back up those. Also /root as well > as /home You also may want to use your package manager to dump a list of > installed packages so you can get the new system up and running the same > way the old system was with all the desired software. > > I think the best thing to do is to make a back up of the old drive on DVD > or whatever you have that can hold it and then install a clean install. > After the install, then restore whatever you want from the backups. I > don't know how big your Linux partition is and so not sure how feasible > that is for you. > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkp96XoACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyD16ACeME7G6XDbXwUGCt/gJxqNXmEN yvIAnjIRGPx3uT/TfO70RSA7+gsGdbhA =xMb8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
