From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 30 11:23:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hawkins.cba.uni.edu (hawkins.cba.uni.edu [134.161.248.148]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38CCD14D35 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:23:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu) Received: from hawkins.cba.uni.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by hawkins.cba.uni.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident hawk using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:23:17 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 (debian) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: near complete reinstall? Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:23:13 -0600 From: "Richard E. Hawkins" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm starting to think that it would be best to simply reinstall my FreeBSD system from scratch. I don't remember all of the adjustments I've had to make here and there, and there's some mild strangeness& incompatibility from upgrading to stable and adding DHCP (particlularly, loss of environmental variables when using SSH). And I really don't think that /usr should be using 90% of its 2GB . . . even after "make clan" in /usr/ports. Also, the default size of /var is way to small if you regularly print 100 page postscript :) I'm thinking that I'll stuff a tarball of /home somewhere, keep /etc / and /usr/local/etc, and the configuration file for my kernel, then nuke the whole thing. Is there anything I'm missing? I presume that the stable 3 disk set now lets me install of DHCP (cable modem)? Rick, getting ready to take the plunge. -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu (319) 266-7114 http://eyry.econ.iastate.edu/hawk These opinions will not be those of UNI until it pays my retainer. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message