From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 17:00:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7021065686 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from attos.janus@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8934A8FC18 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxl31 with SMTP id 31so1721606yxl.13 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=3Amz4SKjaiqolMCep9TSK3Jruop1QWnLVYOtaEkaDkI=; b=RHm3mPsn3OxI+jfoKxfzt9GaiMjXAyyMXoxyadZDO1hx3haHusy18KnooqMSu46PZo oBAyqvtL6YJV7iTTIxzacb9DvbUpeKPDkpmYanzEQFV5kZ/clBOK3Ly6siwKS9uxKnrD uvqVE5F96NB7tb9uNV6kaEn3QeaSM9QZNjDiE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=GM9kzjrS87hsvewtkwinpFjGrVh3qLsKnfXvKmufTJ4L+mFCo93VNHmnO1Wtt2OJtP USJ8+5p/I/5l7ZRn77OXNTpqqIXYkjpOFXxJS5BdFbhHWtRb1PUQkK2yohS8oVA5NFbn Y5cgrAO0+Rs5BXRh/roAtHCKA4jaoFzxVNwwE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.15.34 with SMTP id 34mr1601059ano.165.1302282004672; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.177.20 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:00:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4D9DF8D5.4060005@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:00:04 -0400 Message-ID: From: Attos To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ond=C5=99ej_Majerech?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Alexander Gryanko , freebsd-ports Subject: Re: Best way to uninstall X X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:00:06 -0000 I was being sarcastic about the rm -rf /* Sorry for any confusion caused. I agree with you. newfs is faster. I installed a new drive and I'm installing everything there. The old drive is being used as the backup and as I install packages I'm moving configuration and data files over to the new system. Again, thanks to all! On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ond=C5=99ej Majerech = wrote: > 2011/4/7 Attos : > > I think so. > > I'll do back up and start from scratch. Then I'll be sure I have just > what I > > need. > > Switching to single user mode, tar, and as Konstantin wrote: rm -rf /* > > > > If you do want to go the wipe-all-and-start-from-scratch route, doing > newfs /dev/ might be a better option. 1) It's faster than > rm -rf /; 2) if you have $HOME on a separate slice, you can avoid > wiping that out by simply not wiping its slice. > > Ondra > --=20 Attos Janus