Re: clean install while maintaining mail stuff

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On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 05:25:13PM -0500, Aaron Walker wrote:
> I recently installed RH9 on an old Pentium 233 as a IMAP server for my 
> home LAN and I wanted to do a clean install, while maintaining the mail 
> configurations and the mail itself.
> 
> Is there anything I need to backup other than:
> 
> /etc
> /home/*
> /var
> 
> I have /var on a separate partition.  Can I keep this as is while 
> reinstalling?

/var contains the rpm database.  Don't restore that on top of your newly
built system!

Do you have anything in /opt or /root that you want to keep?

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