Re: X question for upgrade

["Alson van der Meulen" <alm@flutnet.org>]

Jay Moore(jaymo@hiwaay.net)@2002.01.01 12:47:08 +0000:
> I've got graphics adapter in my OBSD 2.7 system that required a lot of 
> time to get working properly. I'm using KDE on this system. I'm finally 
> getting around to upgrading this system, and I'd like to save that 
> config data so I won't have to go through that trial-and-error process 
> again.

/etc/XF86Config for the X configuration, KDE configuration will probably
be in ~/.kde*. If you backup your home dir, /etc, and a list of
installed packages (ls /var/db/pkg),
/usr/src/sys/arch/`machine`/conf/YOURKERNEL if you build a custom
kernel, and possibly some software you installed yourself (not
base/ports/packages), you'll probably have enough info to rebuild the
system without too much hassle.

You shouldn't just copy it all though, the version of packages will be
different, your kernel config will have to be updated, and lot's of
files in /etc are updated. It might be useful to have these files
though, so you can compare your configuration with your old setup, in
case of any problems.

HTH,
Alson