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Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Reinstalling OSX
From: Martin White <martin () guddler ! co ! uk>
Date: 2005-09-29 0:07:42
Message-ID: 3775E546-42F1-4382-9893-95FCDD6FF051 () guddler ! co ! uk
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Of course it would have REALLY, REALLY helped if I'd actually
remembered to copy the /sw directory tree to my firewire drive before
erasing and reinstalling :(
Unbelievable. Thought about it. Posted about it. Forgot to do it!!!
Oh well, a full reinstall of fink it is then.
Martin.
On 28 Sep 2005, at 23:42, Eric Lecht wrote:
> When I simply MIGRATED my whole OSX/profile from one machine to
> another nothing worked right vis a vis fink, X11, etc..... I'm sure
> someone out there may have a *method* but I had to hose the /sw
> directory and start from scratch. In the end i'm not sure what went
> wrong, or (likely) whether it was simply ineptness on my part.
> 'twas painful.
>
> When i did the tiger thing, I used Apple's native X11. Things
> worked MUCH better. The app that makes it all worthwhile for me is
> MacGimp, altho i'm sure i'm not the only person who uses it but
> can't get it to PRINT. That's one gordian knot i've yet to solve
> for; I hear there IS A WAY but it isn't pretty from what I can
> tell....
>
> Sidebar: Powerbooks get sorta HOT compiling huge sourcecode sets.
> Me, I judiciously used athletic ice-packs above/below as heat-
> sinks. FWIW....
>
> On 9/28/05, Martin White <martin@guddler.co.uk > wrote:
> Hmm. I think FAQ Q5.26 is what I need. I'm going to do it anyway! If
> I have to reinstall then so be it :o)
>
> On 28 Sep 2005, at 21:41, Martin White wrote:
>
> > Having owned my mac for about 35 days now, I've loaded and unloaded
> > bucket loads of software titles and have generally had a really
> > good play about with the system.
> >
> > I'm starting to see a few instabilities, and now I know what I want
> > to buy / install and what I don't I was considering doing a fresh
> > wipe / install of Tiger to get things back to the way they were the
> > day I unpacked it. This is easy enough since I have a 160GB
> > firewire drive, but what about fink?
> >
> > I only have Quanta+ installed, but it took a good day or so of
> > compiling and 1.8GB of disk space to get there, and I don't
> > desperately want to have to go through all that pain again!
> >
> > If I were to back up the entire /SW tree. Then reinstall Tiger.
> > Then reinstall fink, then finally restore my /sw tree would this
> work?
> >
> > Would be nice if it did and I didn't need to recompile it all
> again :)
> >
> > Ta,
> > martin.
> >
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after-white-space; ">Of course it would have REALLY, REALLY helped if I'd actually \
remembered to copy the /sw directory tree to my firewire drive before erasing and \
reinstalling :(<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Unbelievable. \
Thought about it. Posted about it. Forgot to do it!!!</DIV><DIV><BR \
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Oh well, a full reinstall of fink it is \
then.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Martin.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On \
28 Sep 2005, at 23:42, Eric Lecht wrote:</DIV><BR \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">When I simply MIGRATED my \
whole OSX/profile from one machine to another nothing worked right vis a vis fink, \
X11, etc..... I'm sure someone out there may have a *method* but I had to hose the \
/sw directory and start from scratch. In the end i'm not sure what went wrong, or \
(likely) whether it was simply ineptness on my part. 'twas painful.<BR> <BR> When i \
did the tiger thing, I used Apple's native X11. Things worked MUCH better. The app \
that makes it all worthwhile for me is MacGimp, altho i'm sure i'm not the only \
person who uses it but can't get it to PRINT. That's one gordian knot i've yet to \
solve for; I hear there IS A WAY but it isn't pretty from what I can tell....<BR> \
<BR> Sidebar: Powerbooks get sorta HOT compiling huge sourcecode sets. Me, I \
judiciously used athletic ice-packs above/below as heat-sinks. \
FWIW....<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 9/28/05, <B \
class="gmail_sendername">Martin White</B> <<A \
href="mailto:martin@guddler.co.uk">martin@guddler.co.uk </A>> \
wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hmm. I think FAQ Q5.26 is \
what I need. I'm going to do it anyway! If<BR> I have to reinstall then so be it \
:o)<BR><BR>On 28 Sep 2005, at 21:41, Martin White wrote:<BR><BR>> Having owned my \
mac for about 35 days now, I've loaded and unloaded<BR>> bucket loads of software \
titles and have generally had a really <BR>> good play about with the \
system.<BR>><BR>> I'm starting to see a few instabilities, and now I know what \
I want<BR>> to buy / install and what I don't I was considering doing a \
fresh<BR>> wipe / install of Tiger to get things back to the way they were the \
<BR>> day I unpacked it. This is easy enough since I have a 160GB<BR>> firewire \
drive, but what about fink?<BR>><BR>> I only have Quanta+ installed, but it \
took a good day or so of<BR>> compiling and 1.8GB of disk space to get there, and \
I don't <BR>> desperately want to have to go through all that pain \
again!<BR>><BR>> If I were to back up the entire /SW tree. Then reinstall \
Tiger.<BR>> Then reinstall fink, then finally restore my /sw tree would this work? \
<BR>><BR>> Would be nice if it did and I didn't need to recompile it all again \
:)<BR>><BR>> Ta,<BR>> martin.<BR>><BR>><BR>> \
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