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Thank you for this help it is very much appreciated. I did create a list with the dpkg command and saved it in my documents, lets hope I will never need to use it. Do you know who maintains the dpkg packages - is that Debian?<br>
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Can I ask why you have signed with Blackpool LUG - do you subscripe to both mailing lists?<br>
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Joachim<br></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hmm interesting, see I usually just keep a text file with all the relevant packages I want, and simply paste it into terminal if I ever need it (e.g. sudo apt-get install package1, package2, etc). However that assumes your using a debian-based distro.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The way I usually make a backup is simply tar up my home directory. Since most settings I need are in there (hidden dot folders), if I need other ones I simply include them in the tar command. Obviously there are no wrong or right answers to this, since everyone does things different. I remember back in my Windows days I used a Norton LiveCD (of sorts) to make backups, but this is talking back in the mid-90's. Problem then was that I was using up too many CD's to keep my backups. Looking back, getting a spare hard drive would have been easier. Which reminds me, there are a few LiveCD backup solutions which basically do 1:1 binary clone of your hard drives/partitions. Might be worth looking into that maybe? I can't think of any right now, but I'll be happy to look for the ones I've tried and liked in the past if you like.</div>
</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div>Haz</div></div><br>
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