Re: Uninstalling Stacker.. grrrr...

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From: Marc WANDSCHNEIDER
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:41

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In article <RUSSELL.92Sep14164133@csd475a.erim.org> russell@csd475a.erim.org (John Russell) writes:
>>   Installing Stacker takes a long time.  De-installing it shouldn't take
>>   any less time.
>
>It sounds like de-installing requires a backup, removal of stacker volume and
>restoration of the backup. 
>I don't own stacker but from what I've heard it can be installed with data
>already on the disk. Or it can be installed from scratch on a new drive.
>Everyone has said it is much, much faster to install it from scratch.

	My method of deinstalling Stacker:

	Copy everything off the disk onto another.

	Reformat the disk.

	Works fine, and is rather quick.

	I've found the stacker utilities, while reliable, rather difficult
to work with, so I just didn't bother.

	Toodlepip!
	Marc 'em.
-- 
  storm@cs.mcgill.ca           McGill University         C program run.  Run  
  Marc Wandschneider           Montreal, CANADA          Program run! PLEASE!
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