Starting over

I want to apply all I have learned about GNU/Linux and Debian over the last six months. So I am prepering to reinstall my entire system from scratch. Thus avoiding all the configuration errors I have had the last six months.

I want a fresh installation to make sure I will get rid of all old problems when I do it all over again. By doing everything from scratch, I hope to remove all the misconfigurations I have made and left lying around on my system.

I also want to manually spesify options when creating the / and /home partitions. By default, EXT3 reserves 5% for the root user. This is a lot of unusable disk capasaty on a 0,1 TB+ disk.

Update@10:15, this can apperently be changed by # tune2fs -m 0 <partition> too.

This is going to be fun.

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2 comments

Good luck mate! I mean, not that you probably need it, but you know: having to reinstall Linux from scratch always means at least one pot of debug-coffee if not more … *sighs* If only Linux where a tad easier to handle for the non-technical species … Still, I do love it's growing popularity!

Have fun! (and remember that Scribus really is starting to become awesome for DTP)

Comment by FM Love at 2008-04-10 @362.

Linux is not difficult to install nor use. The troublesome part is knowing what to do when you need to know it!