Hi Mark, Thanks for your informative reply. I have tried in the past to have /, /usr, /var, /etc, and /home separate using lvm and I'll continue to do so in the future.
All the best. Robin On Jan 7, 2008 6:13 PM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/7/08, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Folks. > > > > I think I've broke debian! My mouse is dead and apt-get and aptitude > don't > > seem to work. Rather than bore you with the gory details, I think I'll > > reinstall. So now the question is what distro do people in CLUG favour? > I > > like debian but ubuntu and kubuntu seem popular. What do you like? > > > > Thanks for any advice. > > I can't say I can recommend a distro (there isn't one I particularly > like,) however if you find yourself having to reinstall often because > you made a mistake, there are things you can do before hand to avoid > re-installation. In essence, you create a snapshot of all your config > and important system files before doing something dangerous (or just > every night, for good measure) and keep it in a safe place. Then if > things go awry, you can always boot to a live-cd, and copy the files > back. > > If this seems like too much work, well, you probably don't need to > worry about it; but one day you may find yourself wishing you had been > doing it all along. > > An easy way to do start on this path is to use separate filesystems > for /, /home, /usr, /tmp, and /var. If this is beyond your current > level of Linux knowledge, well, don't worry about it for now. It's > not absolutely necessary, just useful. > > -Mark C. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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