Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 23:16:32 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: jlj.mitchell.max@worldnet.att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reinstalling or Unistalling FreeBSD (but I still am going to use it) Message-ID: <199705172116.XAA00643@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <337DFD28.51B2@worldnet.att.net> from Jason at "May 17, 97 02:47:04 pm"
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> I installed FreeBSD with the Full Development setup and I usually
> install with custom. Now I'm having full file system problems and want
> to start from sub-scratch. How do I re/uninstall FreeBSD. DOn't get this
> wrong but I love FreeBSD:)
So do I, after I reinstalled it three times :-) (with periods of fighting
with my Linux Distribution in between)!
I put all the customized files (kernel configuration file, /etc/sysconfig ..)
in my home directory and saved it on a floppy.
# tar -czf /dev/fd0 .
^ my home directory
and then I restarted inserted boot.flp, reboot. During intallation I
selected to make new filesystems on all partitions to get rid of the
old files.
Wolfgang
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