Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:00:04 -0400 From: Attos <attos.janus@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ond=C5=99ej_Majerech?= <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Gryanko <xpahos@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Best way to uninstall X Message-ID: <BANLkTim0_uxCn10e0YkGq5AJ%2B=-yxSfy2A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimd4N7vofE0EhfziBfNXpMvw=ZGPQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimSmVL_MQj2J9yCRy4z8mXKgdKeDQ@mail.gmail.com> <4D9DF8D5.4060005@FreeBSD.org> <BANLkTik6bO0wKUPw2AiZAXtV7aLDuXLgBQ@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTinbmGu3%2BT62QCD%2B%2BxBNPs=cNi1HLw@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTiktnWhZAaZ8zrXSjPjijEgBOyuxog@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTimd4N7vofE0EhfziBfNXpMvw=ZGPQ@mail.gmail.com>
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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 <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com>= wrote: > 2011/4/7 Attos <attos.janus@gmail.com>: > > 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/<your slice> 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
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