Re: Backing up my settings and files - noob alert :)

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: 31 Jan 2005 00:48:24 GMT

Leythos <void@nowhere.lan> writes:

>Now that I've moved to FC3 and find that I can do about 80% of all my work
>and having had to wipe/reinstall after the 2.6.10-1.741 kernel update I
>find that I need to know how to backup my data in case it happens again.

>I logon as a user, run Evolution with Exchange 2000 server connection, no
>POP connections, PAN, OO Documents, etc... Can I just burn my home folder
>to a DVD and expect to be able to restore it with all my settings on
>another machine?

Sure, assuming those settings are in your home directlry. System settings
are not, so you should also backup /etc and /var/spool

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