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Matthias Saou (matthias@egwn.net) wrote*:
>You're really better off backuping all placed where you know you've hand
>edited or installed some files. For me that's only /etc/, /root/ and
>/home/. Then you reinstall cleanly, formating "/", put your /home/ files
>back into place and you're ready to go.

Matthias I gotta believe you, I've been using your RPMs for some time now :) That's
the way I'll do it. A clean start but with the old configs at the ready for diff-
ing when needed. I'll find some old HD for those media files.

--
That's "angle" as in geometry.



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