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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Subject: Re: Files to restore after reinstall
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.202836.8475@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:28:36 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.145738.19376@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.145738.19376@mont.cs.missouri.edu>, usbill@ustores.missouri.edu (Bill Canning) writes:
- | I've got an NCR 3445 system that runs SVR4 version 1.03. I will soon be
- | replacing the machine with a 3450 running SVR4 version 2 (Destiny). I have
- | this machine configured for the network, have set up users, terminals, num-
- | erous printers, etc. I don't want to have to start completely from scratch
- | configuring this new machine.
- |
- | What I'm looking for is a list of files that are candidates for restoring from
- | backups, or that I at least need to pay attention to when installing the new
- | machine. I just don't want to forget anything that is going to haunt me down
- | the road.
- |
- | Does anyone have any suggestions where I could find such a list?
-
- Assuming you know when the system was installed, you can do the
- following:
-
- 1. unmount all non-root filesystems. Leave /usr/spool mounted if
- you're one of the guys who puts it in a separate f/s.
- 2. Use find to identify all files modified since the install date.
- After an install, before customizing, I always touch a file which I can
- use with -newer in find, you may have to identify the load time using
- other means.
- 3. Go through the list and delete the stuff you don't want to save.
-
- It's much faster going through a list to delete stuff than identifying
- stuff you DO want to save from a list of everything.
-
- This should give you a start.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
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