<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Backups</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Installing from scratch" HREF="install.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Download and Unpack the New Kernel" HREF="kernelprep.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="install.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="kernelprep.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="backups" ></A >8. Backups</H1 ><P >If you are already running a kernel that is the same version of the one you are about to patch I recommend creating a fresh directory for the newly patched kernel. Remember that backups are <EM >never</EM > a bad thing. These are the files that I back up:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/lilo.conf</TT ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="filename" >/usr/src/*.deb</TT > (Debian-specific)</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/modules</TT ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/modutils/aliases</TT ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="filename" >/usr/src/linux/.config</TT ></P ></LI ><LI ><P >If you are <EM >not</EM > doing things The Debian Way you should also back up the <TT CLASS="filename" >/lib/modules</TT > directory, <TT CLASS="filename" >/boot/vmlinuz</TT >, <TT CLASS="filename" >/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >/usr/src/System.map</TT >. It's possible my notes on the location of these files differs. Do a <TT CLASS="userinput" ><B ><B CLASS="command" >locate</B > <TT CLASS="replaceable" ><I ><file></I ></TT ></B ></TT > if they're not where I've stated they should be.</P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="kernelprep.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Installing from scratch</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Download and Unpack the New Kernel</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >