On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 10:38:27AM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Friday 02 January 2004 10:18 am, Nano Nano wrote: > > > Now I have my install scripted: boot from Woody, install, upgrade to SID > > from local partial mirror, run scripts. I wipe the disk or reinstall > > when anything gets the least bit squirrelly, which can be as little as > > one day or as much as every couple months. > > > > Works for me. > > Backups backups backups. Stop wiping and start restoring, if the "squirrelly" > behavior was caused by the admin, the admin should be able to put things back > the way they were. Right?
Sure, it takes me 30 minutes to do a scripted install and 2 minutes to restore a partition. If that mattered to me, I'd do it. I like that "clean" feeling of doing a fresh install, that way I *know* I'm not unknowingly preserving any old bad decisions with subtle ramifications or hidden security bugs. I've got all my dotfiles saved, so after I wipe, I have to do *zero* customization. In other contexts I would make other decisions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
