[linux-help] Re: reinstall with home backup

[james <solosuze@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need to be sure too get the /etc directory for sure, and probably
others. I'm sure somebody else will know more then me, I only copied
/etc/xf86config and erased everything else.

Craig Terhune wrote:

> I have tared my home dir and would like to
> reinstall my whole sys. I used the command  tar
> -cf /backup/home/home.tar /home will this get
> everything that I need. I looked at the size of
> the file and it was 391meg pleanty big enough.
> If  I reinstall and restore the tar file will
> things be like they are now?
>
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