On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 06:11:25PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 09:26:24AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > i am always not sure, wether my system is OK. :) sometimes it might be > > useful to do a new installation (no update) only because then much of the > > old unneeded rubbish is gone. > > *shudder* > > Reboots are for new kernels.
And for libc5-libc6 transition ;) Well, I always amnage to crash something when mangeling with svgamode, X and dosemu, I hope ggi will be an integral solution here. > Reinstalls are for new computers. I get your point and Debian is aiming at that (and is doing a pretty good job). I even had success avoiding a reinstall when I crashed the root partition (/etc without backup!). This shows how great Debian is. However, two things come to mind: a) Testing purposes (developers only) and b) Repartitioning (here you have a good chance for a reinstall, because moving the root directories across partitions can be a pain, if you don't know your tools well (/dev and /proc comes to mind)). I still find your two rules of thumb very well said, I'm just a little verbose today and am only chatting ;) Have a nice day, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
