Re: [linux-audio-user] Red Hat 9.0 is installed!

Erik Steffl <steffl(a)bigfoot.com> wrote: I usually keep binaries {debs} and config files {sources list pointed at the second partition... most of the /etc directory} on a second partition. {I use cfdisk to format things... I've not yet had it eat a partition other than the one I'm targeting.} I generally copy the home directory and whatever other stuff I've changed there as well. {you can automate this} After the intial install and configuration all you had to do to reinstall to a pristine state is boot the {there's a really small Debian install distribution that seems almost failsafe to me {installs on anything}} install disk, run the install and after the restart, when the installer runs dselect. you can log in on a second terminal, cp the appropriate files and just run dselect from there. Takes an hour or so at the outside {depending on what you have installed ...keep specific debs {just copy the /var/cache/apt/archives directory to a directory after you do an online install} and you can just select everything in dselect}. You can afford to take a few risks this way. {Which I do all too often} It also helps to recreate the install on a second disk or partition {8o gig disks are ~100.oo ...an install only takes a few gigs.} ...You can put all of the relevant systems into lilo {Debians install will do this automatically} and just boot another system should you happen to munge things. If you use pluggable drives you can set up specific system environments for specific uses {only need the first few gigs on the drive} ...Linux {unlike windows} travels really well. You can generally switch drives between systems. If you save a copy of the config files on a partition it becomes a simple matter to move a system between machines.