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From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net>
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Subject: Re: Reinstalling or Unistalling FreeBSD (but I still am going to use it)
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 01:54:37 -0400
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From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De>
>> I installed FreeBSD with the Full Development setup and I usually
>> install with custom. Now I'm having full file system problems and
want
>> to start from sub-scratch. How do I re/uninstall FreeBSD. DOn't
get this
>> wrong but I love FreeBSD:)
>
>So do I, after I reinstalled it three times :-) (with periods of
fighting
>with my Linux Distribution in between)!
>
>I put all the customized files (kernel configuration file,
/etc/sysconfig ..)
>in my home directory and saved it on a floppy.
>
># tar -czf /dev/fd0 .
>                    ^ my home directory
>
>and then I restarted inserted boot.flp, reboot. During intallation
I
>selected to make new filesystems on all partitions to get rid of
the
>old files.
>
>Wolfgang
>

It's not necessary to do this, but I've had fun with it. Get on IRC
from X, then while chatting with those of us that waste our lives on
#FreeBSD, open another shell, and do 'rm -rf /' as root.  I found it
to be quite interesting, you might too.  (then again, I have no life
right now, and watching bugs mating is also interesting :)

--
Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net>
Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services
http://www.i-Plus.net