Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1632 mails)

["Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)" <hylton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sunny,

Sunny wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) <hylton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to reload the entire system from scratch but do not want to
>> have to re-download all the patches I have already downloaded.
>>
>> What I would like to know, is where openSUSE stores its updates and how
>> those same updates can be used again. What would I need to do to have
>> them stored in a different location?
>>
>> I ask this as I want to add a 2ndry HDD into my system and use it as an
>> install source. I would think that all I would need to do is copy the
>> DVD into a partition on the new HDD and cut and paste the updates that I
>> have already downloaded and applied.
>>
>> Comments or should I raise an RFE?
> 
> Why need to reinstall if you just want to move the installation?

I DO NOT want to move the installation, I want to re-install it from
scratch, to weed out other newbie user 'errors' that crept in during my
use of the OS, and of course to further cement it into my brain.

Yes, I know Linux isn't Windows that needs to be reinstaled every few
months, but this time round I am hoping to learn a whole lot more as I
move toward a working system, like I have now.

<snip>

Cheers
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