Re: [newbie] need to re-install OS

2002-03-14 Thread David
Brian, Well, I already did the re-install lastnight. I went ahead and formatted / and /usr, and just redid the whole deal. Thats always the best wasy to do it anyway. But since you mentioned fixing the problems.. The problems I had were: 1- could not "su" 2- could not run program as

Re: [newbie] need to re-install OS

2002-03-14 Thread Brian Parish
Dave, yes, that's easy - just don't let the installer format /home or /usr during the install. Choose expert mode and you'll get the option to leave these as is. Note however that it's possible that this approach will create some inconsistencies you may need to work around. e.g. If you have ap

Re: [newbie] need to re-install OS

2002-03-13 Thread Miark
Dave, > I need to re-install OS. Can I do so without having to re-install all my apps? > Is it possible to save some of my setting? Probably, but if you want a stable system, you should really start afresh. > If it matters my partitions table is as follows... I personally use two partiti

Re: [newbie] need to re-install OS

2002-03-13 Thread Robin Turner
On Thursday 14 March 2002 00:25, David wrote: > I need to re-install OS. Can I do so without having to re-install all my > apps? > > Is it possible to save some of my setting? > > If it matters my partitions table is as follows: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted

[newbie] need to re-install OS

2002-03-13 Thread David
I need to re-install OS. Can I do so without having to re-install all my apps? Is it possible to save some of my setting? If it matters my partitions table is as follows: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda8 489992299049165643