Re: SMB Browser Election Thread (Was: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install)

2014-06-19 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 14:09 -0400, Temlakos wrote: > After awhile, they would see the Windows machine. Which does not run > all the time, by the way, but I will address that in another thread. > > Anyway: after several hours of running the replacement machine and the > laptop, and correcting the

SMB Browser Election Thread (Was: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install)

2014-06-18 Thread Temlakos
To Tim in Australia: That must be it. The machine I was retiring (see the other thread) was indeed the Master Browser. The replacement machine and the laptop both accepted it in that role. And after I retired the machine, neither of the other machines could browse. After awhile, they would s

Re: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 18 June 2014, Temlakos sent: > Bottom line: everyone who administers a Fedora system, should do a > "clean install" or an effective system refresh (reinstalling the OS and > all apps on a system having a separate /home partition) at least, I > would say, once for every thr

Re: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 18 June 2014, Temlakos sent: > The only thing is, every account on the old machine had the same > black-rectangle problem. Nothing would do to solve it. When you install a system, make an extra one or two test accounts. It gives you something to test with pristine user se

Re: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 08:56 -0400, Temlakos wrote: > With /home partitioned off separately (as an LVM partition), I assume > I > can install F21 "cleanly" in the / partition without risking losing > the > contents of /home or my access to them. But I still have to write > down > every modificati

Re: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 06/18/2014 02:56 PM, Temlakos wrote: > Everyone: > > No complaints here. Just some insights from some recent experiences. > > Bottom line: everyone who administers a Fedora system, should do a "clean > install" or an effective system refresh (reinstalling the OS and all apps on > a system ha

Re: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Temlakos
On 06/18/2014 09:15 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote: On 06/18/2014 08:56 AM, Temlakos wrote: With /home partitioned off separately (as an LVM partition), I assume I can install F21 "cleanly" in the / partition without risking losing the contents of /home or my access to them. But I still have to write

Re: Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 06/18/2014 08:56 AM, Temlakos wrote: > With /home partitioned off separately (as an LVM partition), I assume > I can install F21 "cleanly" in the / partition without risking losing > the contents of /home or my access to them. But I still have to write > down every modification I made to a confi

Case for an occasional system refresh or clean install

2014-06-18 Thread Temlakos
Everyone: No complaints here. Just some insights from some recent experiences. Bottom line: everyone who administers a Fedora system, should do a "clean install" or an effective system refresh (reinstalling the OS and all apps on a system having a separate /home partition) at least, I would s