Re: Dug myself into several deep holes

From: Nano Nano (40101.nospam_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/02/04

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    Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 10:06:12 -0800
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    On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 10:38:27AM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
    > On Friday 02 January 2004 10:18 am, Nano Nano wrote:
    >
    > > Now I have my install scripted: boot from Woody, install, upgrade to SID
    > > from local partial mirror, run scripts. I wipe the disk or reinstall
    > > when anything gets the least bit squirrelly, which can be as little as
    > > one day or as much as every couple months.
    > >
    > > Works for me.
    >
    > Backups backups backups. Stop wiping and start restoring, if the "squirrelly"
    > behavior was caused by the admin, the admin should be able to put things back
    > the way they were. Right?

    Sure, it takes me 30 minutes to do a scripted install and 2 minutes to
    restore a partition.

    If that mattered to me, I'd do it. I like that "clean" feeling of doing
    a fresh install, that way I *know* I'm not unknowingly preserving any
    old bad decisions with subtle ramifications or hidden security bugs.

    I've got all my dotfiles saved, so after I wipe, I have to do *zero*
    customization. In other contexts I would make other decisions. 

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