-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 � wrote: > On 03/18/07 14:14, Joe Hart wrote: > [snip] >> As for the issue at hand, how long does it take to reinstall? I suppose >> that depends on how fast your internet connection is. The headers are >> not small (ie: >> pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-4-486_2.6.18.dfsg.1-11_i386.deb >> Size: 276494) > > The whole process of getting rid of drivers installed with nvidia-installer > and > installing them back from debian's packages (just to remind: had to build the > nvidia kernel module as I've been installing from 'experimental') took me > about 3 hours because of my crappy inet connection (don't ask how slow > it is...). > With fast inet connection I think it would take not more than 20 minutes > (including the time for reading the guide and such).
That was my point. Sometimes we with fast internet trivialize installing packages. It takes me all of 6 seconds to grab the headers, while my next-door neighbor takes an hour. I honestly think that doing a clean install is faster than trying to remove some things like that when only a slow internet is available (or none at all). But then you have to spend all the time customizing it again (unless you separate out some partitions and/or have backups you can restore). I suppose it all has to do with how much customizing one has done. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/jR4iXBCVWpc5J4RAgUXAKCLaUAS5Rcki9HDycMrVbrNW9M4hgCdHNv+ H3qJRSD/PVNFhxLaTMGwXSY= =u/Dk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
