From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.16]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DFC10B10 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:01:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from OMTA22.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.89]) by QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Rvzq1c0031vN32cA1x1fSN; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:01:39 +0000 Received: from fordy.ground.local ([98.228.30.158]) by OMTA22.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Rx4q1c0053Qhbka8ix4rfA; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:04:52 +0000 Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:15:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Pia X-X-Sender: all4christ@fordy.ground.local To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Advice for speech-friendly migrationy In-Reply-To: <20090808205409.GA23401@really.lan> Message-ID: References: <20090808180227.GA5536@blackbird> <20090808205409.GA23401@really.lan> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 21:01:39 -0000 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. On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, David Csercsics wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >