On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 05:04:57PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 07 Mar 2023 at 19:36:04 (+0100), tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 05:33:45PM +0100, Michael Lee wrote: > > > Is it possible to reinstall the system and still retain the settings, > > > logins, etc.? > > > > That depends on what you understand by "settings, logins, etc". > > > > As others have said in this thread: what are you trying to achieve? > > Why do you want to reinstall the system? > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/03/msg00064.html Uh, oh. If it's that, I'd try with /etc, /var, /home (and possibly others). But this will only work if "the OS" [1] before and after are similar enough. Manual intervention might be unavoidable. Cheers [1] "The OS" is the "bunch of relevant applications". Yes, handwavy, but so was your request :) -- t
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