From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 30 7:14:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nfs1-1.bctel.ca (nfs1-1.bctel.ca [207.194.28.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46DE14DC4 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 1999 07:14:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stainsby@telus.net) Received: from ws1 (vanc06m03-188.bctel.ca [207.194.18.188]) by nfs1-1.bctel.ca (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id HAA01942 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 1999 07:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <001201bf22e0$b6ad69a0$bc12c2cf@ws1> From: "Erik Stainsby" To: Subject: Re: to reinstall or not reinstalll... Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 07:11:51 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 ======================================== There was no year zero. The next millenium begins January 1, 2001. ======================================== -----Original Message----- From: J McKitrick To: 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 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message