Ross S. W. Walker wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at 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. > 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