At http://news.gnhlug.org/article.php?sid=375 is:
This list is only accessed by a box which can surf, a crashed box usually requires expert skill to surf - you got that far... But lets not lose track of the goal because step 2 fails... we need only 2 more steps!! Where does this concept fail.... Is it off by megabytes or off by gigabytes? I''m thinking a few megabytes gets even X back to going, and as newbies expect reinstallation (as would I), then the megabytes of "X resurrecting documents" reduces to a few k bytes of "backup/restore/ reinstall branching". That means we need to consider whether it would be better to teach us newbies (via the help/rescue/educate gizmo) how to backup critical config documents (to floppy) first, then teach us to rescue the crashed box based on restoring those dreaded backups. Yup, thats within *nix'' ability. Annnnnd... that kind of help could take place without much effort on the help/rescue mechanism, surely! Admittedly, it requires diligence on the part of the newbie to even backup anything in the first place..... but it might actually work! Making a tar or gzip of key config files, then saving them to floppies.... what a concept!!! First lesson in rescuing via backups would thus be to, um drive the point home when the newbie rescues their crashed OS on the very first restore! The help/rescue/educate mechanism whets their appetite with a few easy lessons in teaching them tarring or bzipping skills at the cli. I really like it! Good Idea! What would you suggest next?? Don''t let me scare you away!! I''ll trust a forum once more.... ;-) Gotta run..... ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
