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[Carlos F Lange <carlos.lange@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 06 January 2007 02:46, Niels Øtergaard Kjær wrote:
> What or how do I then backup this system, so it more easily can be
> restored to this state of art    (can see Windows in the backmirror
> now :)

You can use the System Backup tool from Yast.
I am doing regular backups in 10.1 and saving them on my separate /home 
partition, but I haven't tried to restore a system from the backups 
yet, so I don't know exactly how well that works.

What I trust most are my detailed notes on the installation starting 
from scratch. I write down everything that deviates from the default 
and so I can reinstall and recover the same state anytime. It may take 
some time, but I can do other things while doing it, because it's just 
a recipe, everything is figured out and the successful outcome is 
assured.

In case the system needs to be restored (or upgraded), you will notice 
the value of having a separate /home partition, because you can wipe 
out the system partition and mount the /home partition without 
formatting and all user data is (hopefully) preserved.

Carlos FL
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