Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:57:14 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "cknipe@savage.za.org" <cknipe@savage.za.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sluggish system Message-ID: <b2807d040605160327j51c1d53cg7c203dc742d3b3ee@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1147774208.4469a50049fd9@196.22.132.16> References: <1147773277.4469a15dcba54@196.22.132.16> <b2807d040605160259h29683c85w40a47defc330ed7d@mail.gmail.com> <1147774208.4469a50049fd9@196.22.132.16>
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You can do a pkg_delete -a. This will delete all the packages. After that pkgdb -fF This will rebuild the package database. However I dont think this is necess= ary. then reinstall everything as required. Thanks and Best Regards Subhro On 5/16/06, cknipe@savage.za.org <cknipe@savage.za.org> wrote: > Quoting Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>: > > > Why do you want to NOT reinstall the OS? > > Loads of data, loads of accounts / passwords, nothing wrong with the 'bas= e' part > of the OS... There's no need to really. > > My problems are generated from to many ports / inconsistencies in the por= ts, and > so forth. So that's really the only part of the OS that actually needs s= ome > serious work. > > I also can't re-install the Base OS remotely... Yes, I can make world t= o > upgrade it (which has already been done), but not reinstall it in the sen= se of > format / repartition / etc... > > -- > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > --=20 Subhro Kar Security Engineer iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Dhanshree Bldg, 1st Floor Plot XI-16, Sector V Salt Lake City 700091 India
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