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On 10/09/12 19:12, Samuraiii wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> because I broke me PC and I need to reinstall it I'm going ask what |
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> should I preserve to make install faster: |
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> 1. I presume that /home can be left intact. |
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> 2. I plan to backup /etc and after reinstall I'm going to "diff" |
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> /etc.old with /etc to see what changed and to keep my previous changes |
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> in config.(not to forget to change make.conf according to switch to KDE) |
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> 3. Also I'm going to keep kernel .config and /boot intact. |
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> 4. World file will be also backed-up and during reinstall I'm going to |
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> strip it of unnecessary Gnome packages to switch to KDE. |
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> Did I missed something? Should I take care of something else? |
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From your problem description, you don't seem to need to install from |
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scratch. You say your /home isn't broken, your /etc isn't broken, your |
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/boot isn't broken, your world file isn't broken. |
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So what *is* broken? The hardware? If you have a new PC, you simply |
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need to transfer your Gentoo install to a new hard disk using rsync. |
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