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<pre wrap="">Michael Rulison <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:13miketele@bellsouth.net"><13miketele@bellsouth.net></a> wrote:</pre>
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<pre wrap="">If advice is to scrap, I will, of course, backup files of MY data again.
Need I backup any of the respective OS files?
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You could always backup the partitions individually using dd in case you<br>
ever wanted to explore them or try going back in the future. I have
been<br>
successful in creating a dd image of a partition, storing it on an
external<br>
USB drive, reloading the machine with a new distro, and later mounting<br>
the dd image as another filesystem.<br>
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In case you didn't know how to use dd to backup a partition:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-make-linux-filesystem-backup-with-dd.html">http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-do-i-make-linux-filesystem-backup-with-dd.html</a><br>
and<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cpqlinux.com/ddbackup.html">http://www.cpqlinux.com/ddbackup.html</a><br>
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Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ScottGHall@BellSouth.Net">ScottGHall@BellSouth.Net</a></pre>
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