On Fri, 2021-04-23 at 20:24 -0600, home user wrote:
Since my initial install was 8 years ago, I don't remember for certain how I did it: CD or USB stick.
For later on, once you're back working again:
Next time you do an install, leave some notes in the /root homespace about what you've done. I think the installation routine leaves a couple of files about the install in there, itself. And I write some post installation notes about any extra packages I add.
Since I only use root for installing stuff, there's only three files in there, and they can't get messed with during normal logins (e.g. they can't get accidentally deleted).