What do you mean by dat file, the persistence file?
All that is... is a ext formated image file that can be rebuilt and you can copy over all previous data over, there also a required format setting for the (ext3 I think) image that I don't remember right off hand.
Also remember not to ever do a dist-upgrade.
What better is just to rebuild the squash file system.
Thats what I do , I setup custom built iso with a script I altered from remastersys. Works perfect, I also have full control over the compression.
All that is... is a ext formated image file that can be rebuilt and you can copy over all previous data over, there also a required format setting for the (ext3 I think) image that I don't remember right off hand.
Also remember not to ever do a dist-upgrade.
What better is just to rebuild the squash file system.
Thats what I do , I setup custom built iso with a script I altered from remastersys. Works perfect, I also have full control over the compression.