Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 07:11:51 -0700 From: "Erik Stainsby" <stainsby@telus.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: to reinstall or not reinstalll... Message-ID: <001201bf22e0$b6ad69a0$bc12c2cf@ws1>
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I usually assume three installations minimum when working with a new
distribution:
o one try to see it works,
o one try to learn how,
o a third try to tidy it all,
then put it into service now.
(apologies to Tolkien fans everywhere...)
Cheers,
Erik
stainsby@telus.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 5:27 AM
Subject: to reinstall or not reinstalll...
>OK, i know i need to spend more time trying things myself first. But now
>i'm in a bit of a conundrum. AFter several weeks of tinkering, scattering
>files all over my HD, and experimenting, i have a decision to make: should
>i reinstall and do everything right from the ground up this time? I am
>thinking of carefully logging everything i did, saving what files i can,
>and reinstalling the system, then redoing the changes. I figure this
>might give me a lot of practice. Up to now, my approach has been 'if it
>doesn't fit, force it, if it breaks it needed replaced anyway.'
>
>I'd like to do everything again, only much more streamlined. Any
>thoughts?
>
>-jm
>
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