Here's the checklist I have so far: 1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
David A. Woyciesjes spake the following on 2/13/2007 10:27 AM:
Here's the checklist I have so far:1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
/var/cache/yum might have packages you have installed "IF" you haven't run a yum clean. Worth a look.
Scott Silva wrote:
David A. Woyciesjes spake the following on 2/13/2007 10:27 AM:
Here's the checklist I have so far:1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
/var/cache/yum might have packages you have installed "IF" you haven't run a yum clean. Worth a look.
I'll have a peek. I haven't knowingly run yum clean. :)
On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, David A. Woyciesjes wrote:
/var/cache/yum might have packages you have installed "IF" you haven't run a yum clean. Worth a look.
I'll have a peek. I haven't knowingly run yum clean. :)
rpm -qa --last and /var/log/yum.log might be useful as well.
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-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of David A. Woyciesjes Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 1:27 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Prepping for system wipe & reload
Here's the checklist I have so far: 1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
Sounds like the rpm --setugids didn't work?
Did you have any /usr/local applications installed?
You can use rpm --verify along with it's options to find config files that have been modified from their defaults and copy those over.
The next install should set all the /etc/X11 stuff for you, no need to copy it.
You only really need the rpmforge repo def in /etc/yum.repos.d unless you have a lot of excludes defined in yum.conf.
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Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
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Here's the checklist I have so far: 1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
Sounds like the rpm --setugids didn't work?
May have, but something is still funky with the user profiles.
Did you have any /usr/local applications installed?
Nope. Just stuff via yumex.
You can use rpm --verify along with it's options to find config files that have been modified from their defaults and copy those over.
That I'm not too terribly worried about.
The next install should set all the /etc/X11 stuff for you, no need to copy it.
Well I have a nVidia Quadro2 Pro AGP, and a Matrox MilleniumII PCI for my dual head setup. It took a little fiddling to get the resolution settings I wanted, so this will save time. :)
You only really need the rpmforge repo def in /etc/yum.repos.d unless you have a lot of excludes defined in yum.conf.
Okay. Thanks.
Overall, with all things considered, a wipe is probably the best course of action. Good thing I had /home on a separate partition(well, drive).
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of David A. Woyciesjes Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:33 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Prepping for system wipe & reload
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org
Here's the checklist I have so far: 1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
Sounds like the rpm --setugids didn't work?
May have, but something is still funky with the user profiles.
You can fix home directories with this shell command:
getent passwd | awk -F: '{system("if [ -d /home/"$1" ]; then chown -R "$3":"$4" /home/"$1"; fi")}'
These ticks are the straight or forward ticks beside the <Enter> key.
This will set all user home directory ownership back to their own.
Re-installing will not fix these perms anyways!
Did you have any /usr/local applications installed?
Nope. Just stuff via yumex.
You can use rpm --verify along with it's options to find
config files
that have been modified from their defaults and copy those over.
That I'm not too terribly worried about.
The next install should set all the /etc/X11 stuff for you,
no need to
copy it.
Well I have a nVidia Quadro2 Pro AGP, and a Matrox MilleniumII PCI for my dual head setup. It took a little fiddling to get the resolution settings I wanted, so this will save time. :)
You only really need the rpmforge repo def in
/etc/yum.repos.d unless
you have a lot of excludes defined in yum.conf.
Okay. Thanks.
Overall, with all things considered, a wipe is probably the best course of action. Good thing I had /home on a separate partition(well, drive). -- --- David Woyciesjes _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of David A. Woyciesjes Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:33 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Prepping for system wipe & reload
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org
Here's the checklist I have so far: 1 - /home partition - separate drive 2 - Files copied to the second drive: /etc/X11/xorg.conf rpm for RPM forge /etc/yum - entire folder /etc/yum/repos.d - entire folder /etc/yum.conf /etc/yumex.conf /etc/yumex.profiles.conf 3 - Files installed via Yum(ex) - Hmmm, need to figure this one out. Any pointers?
Sounds like the rpm --setugids didn't work?
May have, but something is still funky with the user profiles.
You can fix home directories with this shell command:
getent passwd | awk -F: '{system("if [ -d /home/"$1" ]; then chown -R "$3":"$4" /home/"$1"; fi")}'
These ticks are the straight or forward ticks beside the <Enter> key.
This will set all user home directory ownership back to their own.
Re-installing will not fix these perms anyways!
It will if I say screw it and wipe everything! ;-) Well, except for bookmarks and mailfiles... There's only a couple of those...
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