Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 08:56 -0400, Temlakos wrote:
> With /home partitioned off separately (as an LVM partition), I assume
> I 
> can install F21 "cleanly" in the / partition without risking losing
> the 
> contents of /home or my access to them. But I still have to write
> down 
> every modification I made to a configuration file--or else keep
> copies 
> of those files in /home. They would include, I also assume, things
> like 
> the files holding the UIDs, GIDs, and passwords for Users and Groups.

I just have an automated daily backup of /etc (on another machine just
in case). Encrypt it if the other machine is not under your control.

poc