On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:06:55 +0000, Joe Desbonnet <jdesbonnet(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Keeping a GB or two of RPMs on disk to enable this to happen is, I
believe, a very small price to pay -- especially if the user can
choose if they want to or not. I disagree that Windows does not
require you to keep your OS distribution on disk. I believe most
machines sold with XP come with complete re-install kits, often kept
in a hidden partition.
Well that's really an interesting idea. If we're going to keep a copy of
the rpms around, we might as well get the most milage we can out of them.
I don't really know if it would help me in my real use scenarios. When
I've had a Linux install trashed it's either been a blown disk or hacked
machine (who knows what they'll do to the reinstall kit.)