From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 16 10:27:19 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2915416A41B for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 10:27:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E60B43D45 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 10:27:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id o37so163226nzf for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 03:27:16 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ow6JUBv4lpX43DeIDnRmnSK/CChzy5AvAZOpEg4piHimFbvKr6V7+zeBXSF/ZZHRfRDh2fzkFuGIOi7yYZmV+65nk9u2Qm0IFwW9sI2h8gCVSCEnKtixsPXtoLLxqlXPpMo1uAY9fs7u5++LM8BPhkGAjERxndq4on4hS+E9tFU= Received: by 10.65.113.10 with SMTP id q10mr2971314qbm; Tue, 16 May 2006 03:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.252.19 with HTTP; Tue, 16 May 2006 03:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:57:14 +0530 From: Subhro To: "cknipe@savage.za.org" In-Reply-To: <1147774208.4469a50049fd9@196.22.132.16> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <1147773277.4469a15dcba54@196.22.132.16> <1147774208.4469a50049fd9@196.22.132.16> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sluggish system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 10:27:19 -0000 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 wrote: > Quoting Subhro : > > > 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