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>8. Backups</H1
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>If you are already running a kernel that is the same version of the
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one you are about to patch I recommend creating a fresh
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directory for the newly patched kernel. Remember that backups are
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<EM
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>never</EM
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> a bad thing. These are the files that I back up:</P
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>If you are <EM
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>not</EM
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> doing things The Debian Way you should also back up the <TT
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>/lib/modules</TT
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> directory, <TT
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>/boot/vmlinuz</TT
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>, <TT
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>/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage</TT
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> and <TT
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> if they're not where I've stated they should be.</P
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