How to save settings, passwords, etc. before doing clean install from 10.2 to 10.3
I hate having to "re-invent" all of my settings, passwords, etc., each time I upgrade SUSE. How can I save all my personal settings and etc. before doing a "clean install" from 10.2 to 10.3?
Thank you for any help at all... |
Do you have any removable media to save the settings on?
Do you lose/re-create your home directory when upgrading? Is /home a seperate filesystem (mount point) or a part of the root filesystem (/)? If /home gets overwritten, then you will probably need to back up a fair bit before the upgrade. Most files that you might need to re-create / restore (if not in /home) are likely to be in /etc Therefore you may want to start by: tar cf /media/usb_disk/my_backup.tar /etc /home (assumes you have a USB disk mounted on /media/usb_disk and that there is enough storage to complete the tar) *** This is the minimum I would do before upgrading! *** Depending on what you have installed and what settings you normally need to change you may need to backup different areas! to list the contents of a tar file: tar tf /media/usb_disk/my_backup.tar (note that the lead / has been removed from the file. restore a single file from a tar file (to a different place): Code:
cd /media/usb_disk These can be compared to the existing files or can replace the existing files (be very careful when replacing system files!) |
as Disillusionist was suggesting between the lines you should take care of creating a separate /home partition if you are anyway doing a clean install of opensuse 10.3. this has several, mainly 2 advantages:
1. you will not anymore have to backup your /home data files, passwords etc. 2. if the system crashes or you have to reinstall/upgrade for any other reason your /home partition can be just included after install without setting up anything to your question; it is enough to backup your /home directory by any kind of backup. you just have to restore it after your fresh install |
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