Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-23 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 21:57 -0500, kashani wrote: > > A few people I know are using Feather Linux to try to ghost partitions > and then lay them down on new machines. Haven't heard how well that's > working, but there was no reason why it would be an issue. > I use partimage for this.

Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread kashani
John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, I had intended on starting my conversion from Suse 9.1 to Gentoo over the weekend, but the weather turned out to be way to nice to remain indoors. But in my planning stages I realized I have a bit of a longer learning curve than I initially anticipated. So, I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread A. Khattri
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, John J. Foster wrote: > Users have work to do. Let's see, what's my SAMBA configuration? And > those SQL databases looked like what? How quickly could you bring a > system with many users back online _and_ functional? > > If you are in a position of being responsible for those

RE: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread Dave Nebinger
> > I just can't get my head around why you would want or need to do a total > > rebuild. > I myself can't imagine _wanting_ to do a rebuild, but needing to, yes. > Flood, tornado, theft, etc . > > Users have work to do. Let's see, what's my SAMBA configuration? And > those SQL databases l

Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread John J. Foster
Please excuse the tone of my reply above. I just came from a meeting with HQ bozos looking to further strip my authority to administer current systems. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread John J. Foster
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 07:51:57PM +0100, Neil Walker wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > > >but what is considered a fairly necessary _paper_ trail in the event > >that the unexpected happens, > > Errrm.like an invasion from Mars? Paper probably won't > susrvive. ;) Huh... > > >and a

Re: [gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread Neil Walker
John J. Foster wrote: but what is considered a fairly necessary _paper_ trail in the event that the unexpected happens, Errrm.like an invasion from Mars? Paper probably won't susrvive. ;) and a total rebuild is necessary in the shortest time possible. I just can't get my head around w

[gentoo-user] Admin system documentation

2005-04-18 Thread John J. Foster
Good afternoon, I had intended on starting my conversion from Suse 9.1 to Gentoo over the weekend, but the weather turned out to be way to nice to remain indoors. But in my planning stages I realized I have a bit of a longer learning curve than I initially anticipated. So, I'm going to remedy thi