[SWLUG] advice on upgrading

[Telsa Gwynne]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:59:56PM +0100 or thereabouts, linlist2 at nwjones.demon.co.uk wrote:
> i am wiping down my RH 7.2 system to install SUSE 9.
> 
> My solution for a big back up has been to install another hard disk and copy 
> everything in my home direectory over. I can then restore stuff from there.
> 
> Does anybody know of anything else I should move?

If mail come directly onto the machine (ie not POP or IMAP), then
/var/spool/mail/* . I also find parts (or all) of /etc useful: a
working XF86Config file and networking settings in particular.
You might not need either, but.. :) 

Telsa