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On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:29:41 -0600, reader@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> > So what I want to do is give my computer a complete clean-out. What I |
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> > really CAN'T be bothered doing is a complete format and re-install! |
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> What you've described and what others have posted sounds more |
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> compiicated and time consuming than doing what you CAN'T be bothered |
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> with. Also allows the opportunity to redo any partitioning scheme |
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> and swap setup that may have aged or not fill the bill any more. |
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There are some major advantages to not re-installing. One is that all |
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your settings remain untouched, whereas a reinstall requires you to |
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reconfigure everything. |
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A more important difference is that the computer cannot be used for |
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anything else during reinstallation, whereas a clean up is performed on |
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a running system. It is also a lot less work that a reinstallation, |
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especially if you do it regularly. All you really need to do is clean |
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the world file of any cruft, emerge depclean && revdep-rebuild and run |
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the script to clean orphaned files from /etc. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Hot tip #345: Never whistle while drinking coffee. |
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