Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > I've been looking at the Twiki about restoring broken systems. I began > downloading the systemrestore CD, but it is going to take over 10 hours > on my dialup modem, and I doubt I would have the skills/knowledge to use > it. Also , at present if I crashed my system, or it crashed, I don't > have another to get advice from mailing lists. As I don't have a lot of > valuable data, maybe it is not helpful for me to have such tools? My > computer is not used for business, and any work stuff is printed. Advice > appreciated - thanks Rosemary, The systemrestore CD is a handy tool, but you are probably right in that it would not be that helpfull for you to have on hand. Making backups of your /home partition, and keeping notes on what you have done to configure your system would probably work out better for you. I would also configure urpmi to keep the files it downloads, and back them up as well. This would let you restore things without long download delays if the worst happens. You may also want to keep a printout of the "restoring your boot loader" instructions in your "notes folder", so you have it if you ever need it.
You will not have as many "repair" options this way, but you will have ones you know will work for you. If you deside you want to take the time to learn how to use more advanced tools in the future, you have that option. If you deside what you realy want is to use your system to get work done, that is good too. For a lot of people on this list, "tinkering" with the computer, and solving computer problems, is the reasion they have the computer. Getting work done with it is secondary. The idea of re-installing the operating system just because you broke something holds no apeal. It is much more fun to figure out how we broke it, and fix it. If we can fix it without rebooting the system, so much the better. But we tend to forget that for most people, computers are tools that help they get their work done. (Getting work done on computers is just my excuse for buying more toys...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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