On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:29:45PM -0800, John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, [...]
> This leads me to ask if most people just backup their important > files on linux, and if they lose their system, they reinstall from > scratch, then restore just their important (user modified) files? Not even that. I only safeguard my own products (TeX files, fractals, programs). The rest I have on CD, and the second time I install something I usually configure things faster. Sometimes it is nice to try some new settings. > This is how I always worked on Windows 95. If I had a builtin > CDROM, and linux was easier to install I might opt for this, but > on my Thinkpad 560, it took me 4-5 hours to get everything back. It probably would take me the same amount of time. But then again, it doesn't happen a lot. Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Eindhoven Univ. of Technology Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
