Re: [TCLUG:522] Newbie alert!

[Paul Kammueller <kammler@ix.netcom.com>]

JoshB [JellyD] wrote:
> 
> Sometime around the 4th of July in 1998, the wannabe 3|173 h4ck3r Paul Kammueller sed:
> 
> > That'll do it too, but it still sounds like more hassle than a
> > re-install.  You have to find a friend with a spare drive, go to your
> > friend's house, take out his drive if it's still in his computer, run
> > back to your house, hook it up, maybe format it, do the CPIO,
> > repartition, etc., take the drive out, run it back to your friend's
> > house, and possibly re-install it there, and run back home to play with
> > your computer.  In the time it takes you to do all that running around
> > and stuff you could have re-installed 2 or 3 times.  Not that you'd want
> > to.  :-)
> >
> > Besides, re-installing Linux isn't nearly as big a hassle as
> > re-installing Win95, I think.  As long as you have your custom config
> > files and stuff on floppy or whatever, it's a snap.
> 
> That's one of the reasons I prefer Linux to WinXX .. there's almost ALWAYS
> a way to do things without reinstalling, which is of course not the case
> with the WinXX series. I detest reinstalling .. it's like .. you don't
> trust your friend ;)

Heh heh.  No, I don't mean it that way.  I guess I just prefer to solve
a problem without running around town and taking apart the computer to
do it if possible, it's just easier for me.  Though I guess it would be
a good excuse to run over to your friend's place and drink his beer :-)