From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20E6110ADC for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:54:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pd6ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.160]) by pd7mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 08 Aug 2009 14:54:11 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=K8FS4TqeL-QA:10 a=rGGQigyzEr3TmRMgoopgsQ==:17 a=MxNxXn3fMnZUY6xMm6YA:9 a=IDQKbjUp8j8jLZ8dFvTegg5FPv4A:4 Received: from unknown (HELO host.shw.ca) ([24.67.135.39]) by pd6ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with SMTP; 08 Aug 2009 14:54:10 -0600 Received: by host.shw.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:54:09 -0700 Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:54:09 -0700 From: David Csercsics To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Advice for speech-friendly migrationy Message-ID: <20090808205409.GA23401@really.lan> References: <20090808180227.GA5536@blackbird> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090808180227.GA5536@blackbird> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:54:12 -0000 I usually don't back up /etc because package updates change it a lot but definitely backing up /home and restoring it after your install should be good enough. You probably want to either bootstrap with GRML or the talking Arch live CD. I think there's an article on the Arch wiki about that.