On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 04:28:46PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Tom said on Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:49:11PM -0700: > > I know it's not the Unix way, but it takes me 30 minutes to blow away my > > HD and rebuild EVERYTHING (os, apps, user prefs). If my system gets the > > slightest bit untidy I just start over. > > Huh? > > a) Course it the Unix way.
Oh, kewl. I had got the impression you guys did heroic things to save /usr and crap when you changed the world. > b) 30 minutes? You can do way better than that, unless your hardware/network > is really slow. I'm down to approx. 8 minutes, and could probably go faster, > but no longer need to. I boot off the Woody CD, format/install/reboot, upgrade kernel, reboot, aptitude upgrade to SID w/ local debs, run scripts. Takes a while to run those debs. [OTOH, partimage runs in about 2 minutes]. What corners can I cut? > > Course, I also admin a medium sized cluster, so I've had lots of practice. :) > > M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
