Re: xpistub

On Thursday 23 September 2004 4:46 pm, Lynn David Newton wrote:
> Far from it, actually. I tend to be polyannishly
> optimistic. That's why I installed RH 8.0, and got
> myself locked into an "upgrade" that was inferior to
> its predecessor and has left me crippled ever since.
>

I barely followed this thread, but I have seen you struggle with your current
system for a long time, Lynn. I've been in a situation of using a
"fundamentally broken" system before and it sucks, though usually in my case
its because I didn't take some downtime to fix it and now its crunchtime.

Ever given a thought to learning how to do your work (though I don't know what
it is at all) under Knoppix or another "Live" CD? Last month I had to pull
the plug on a 50% complete formated system when an emergency call came in.
(Talk about a horrible timed home fresh install). Since my data center is 45
minutes away by car even at 1am, I grabbed the handy Knoppix CD and got to
work. I was quite happy to save myself the 1.5 hour car ride, even with a
good audiobook on the MP3 player.

Now granted my work at the time (system administration) was easy to get done
with ssh/rdesktop and a working eth0, you may consider leanring to do what
you do in Knoppix (even if its a pain in the ass for you, as long as your
customers won't notice) and having it as a 'backup' even if you don't start
reinstalling willy nilly.

Just a thought,
--
Kyle Faber
Account Manager
EMR Internet
kyle@emr.net
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss