Re: Dug myself into several deep holes

[Sam Rosenfeld <sam@wdn.com>]

> >The question is:  Given my current state, is it reasonable to try to
> >fix each of my problems separately, or would it be more sensible to
> >keep only the critical data and start over with a new installation? 

> A large HD is your friend and they certainly are cheap now.

Thanks Hugo, Nate, and Nano -- you all make excellent points.  Because I
am not a system administrator and almost certainly never will be, I'm
going to take the chicken-hearted way out -- installing a new system and
being more careful about changes and backing up.

sam