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#1 Re: Backing Up/Restoring Package Information? Posted by antonh (129.13.xx.xx) on Fri 28 Oct 2005 at 21:04 Hi I once had the same probelem. I backed up the following: dpkg --get-selections /var/cache/debconf/ /etc /home programm specific data from /var (samba, mail, ...) my kernel additionaly installed debs self build debs ... On the target system I did this: a minimal installation load the backup of /etc /var/... /home dpkg --set-selections apt-get dselect-upgrade installation of my kernel installation of other debs I hope I haven't forgotten anything important. Good backuping Anton

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