[SLL] All my 64bit Ubuntu's stopped booting...so far my 32bit UbuntuME still goes

[chupacabra]

I have never reformatted and reinstalled Linux either.  That is a 
Windows thing.  sorry  killfile


Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Howard Gibson wrote:
>
>   
>>    With my Linux boxes, I have a three hour rule.  If I cannot fix a 
>> Linux box in well below three hours, I reformat the root partition and 
>> re-install everything.  The Linux install takes three hours.  The beauty 
>> of Free Software is that I have the install media, and there are no 
>> licensing issues.
>>     
>
> I have an "eight year rule" :)
>
> I rarely reformat and reinstall. I sometimes even upgrade distros over 
> different distros. The few times I reformat and reinstall for same 
> operating system is: to repartition disk because of initial limitations; 
> or recovery after rampant or unknown security compromises (of systems I 
> didn't design, install or maintain myself).
>
> For my own servers and workstations, the only reason I have "reinstalled" 
> is because moving between hardware with different types or sizes of 
> disks, or different hardware architectures, or different physical 
> locations (so just migrate data and configs on to the new installs).
>
>   Jeremy C. Reed
>
>
>   


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