On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 03:37:06PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm a relatively new user who has been learning Linux and Debian by experimenting > with a test machine I've set up. Like many newbies, I've gone in over my > head--installing backports, trying my hand at compiling my own kernel, etc. > > I've now hosed things a bit in a couple of places, and I'd like to start afresh with > a perfectly clean woody installation--wiping out all of my config files, > reinstalling all packages from stable debs. > > Is there a good way to do this, short of reinstalling from scratch? >
There is a small thread about that in debianplanet.org Otherwise, probably the best is to just start from 0. If you downgrade (see next, section 3.2.7) http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference.en.html you are going to have several broken places, that you will need to fix by hand. For that debianplanet will help. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]