Re: Unidentified subject!
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 09:04:55AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Thomas Adam wrote:
>
> >--- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>John: You can fix this, but since you don't have anything important on
> >>your system (presumably) yet, you could take this opportunity to
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Reinstall? You have gone mad. Learning from the experience is far more
WTF?
> >beneficial than placating the situation.
>
> But that's my point. Both routes are learning experiences.
>
> He can learn more intimately what goes on during the installation process,
> or
> he can learn how to fix a lost root password.
>
> I gave him the choice. When I was starting out, doing four or five
> installations was more beneficial to me than doing one and then solving
> the various problems that arose afterward. Other folks learn differently
I agree completely. That's how I've started out with debian, too.
> than I do. Thus the choice. It depends on how he thinks he'll learn the
> most.
David
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