On 26/03/06, Ja'far Railton <ibn.richard@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello
>
> I have a laptop running -current and it's great. However, I need to
> install one or two other OS's. I installed NetBSD to "use the whole
> disk" so I think I need to wipe it and start again. How much of my
> existing installation can I save/recreate, e.g., if I were to do a
> fresh install, install the packages I need, and then copy my saved
> etc.tgz and {home/}user.tgz onto the new installation? Will that work
> at all? What other options do I have? (I don't think dump/restore is
> an option because I don't have an external drive to backup to.)

I'd save etc.tgz and the users' home areas as above; as far as the
packages is concerned, I'd do 'pkg_tarup \*' onto some network
location; after reinstalling NetBSD in a smaller partition I'd pkg_add
them from there.

>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Ja'far ibn Richard Railton
>
Chavdar  Ivanov