On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:29:41 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > So what I want to do is give my computer a complete clean-out. What I > > really CAN'T be bothered doing is a complete format and re-install! > What you've described and what others have posted sounds more > compiicated and time consuming than doing what you CAN'T be bothered > with. Also allows the opportunity to redo any partitioning scheme > and swap setup that may have aged or not fill the bill any more. There are some major advantages to not re-installing. One is that all your settings remain untouched, whereas a reinstall requires you to reconfigure everything. A more important difference is that the computer cannot be used for anything else during reinstallation, whereas a clean up is performed on a running system. It is also a lot less work that a reinstallation, especially if you do it regularly. All you really need to do is clean the world file of any cruft, emerge depclean && revdep-rebuild and run the script to clean orphaned files from /etc. -- Neil Bothwick Hot tip #345: Never whistle while drinking coffee.
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