Prepare the computer for a FC2 install from scratch

[Matthew Miller]

On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 03:11:17PM +0000, Coume - Lubox.com wrote:
> Actually a FC1 which is instable due to a bad powercut which damage
> things... I want to start from scratch for choosing the package to install
> and for the HW detection, but I need to keep my personal info. I have my
> home directory where I think everthying or almost everything is, but
> should I save important other files from the system?

If you've configured anything, you might want to save those config files
(probably in /etc). Also any personal mail spools or cron files from /var.


> > > btw, will FC2 support UTF8? Cos' I'd love to stop having all those
> > > characters problems...
> > Yes, pretty nicely.
> Which means, if I'm right, I will be able to see the filename of files
> created under WIN which includes é è etc... cos' now they are display with
> a square under konqueror or sometimes with no char with other tools...

Assuming WIN is doing it right, yeah.


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