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Hello, |
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This question might strike you as a bit bizarre, but here goes anyways. |
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I have an Alpha XL currently running Debian. I would like to see how |
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Gentoo works on it, but I would especially like to have the option to |
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back out and go back to my running system if it doesn't work (or I don't |
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like it, though I doubt that frankly). Is there a way of making a |
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complete "disk image" of my currently running system? By "disk image", I |
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mean all files, permissions, filesystem configuration, partitions, etc. |
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If possible, I would like to be able to put that image onto a network |
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drive (since the current drives on the system don't have the space to |
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fit such an image). |
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If I was able to do that, I would be able to restore from that image if |
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something were to go wrong. |
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The Alpha is currently my household's gateway/firewall, web server, file |
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server, etc. That's why I need to know that even after a few days of |
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compiling sources for Gentoo, I can go back at any time. |
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Also, somewhat unrelated -- How does Gentoo handle configuration files? |
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I mean, I know a bit about the portage system, the emerge command that |
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updates all the packages on your machine. But that raises the question, |
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what happens if I had to massively modify a certain software package's |
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config files, and then that package is updated and the config file has |
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new options, a new format, whatever. Does it do it the way Debian does |
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it (which is one reason I'd like to move away from Debian -- it just |
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gives you the option to keep your file, or overwrite with the new one, |
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no in between)? Or does it do it in a smart way, for example letting you |
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merge differences "à la" CVS? |
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Thanks in advance. I'd very much like to try out Gentoo, but if |
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possible, with as little risk as possible. |
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J-S |
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Jean-Sébastien Guay jean_seb@××××××××.ca |
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http://whitestar02.webhop.org/ |
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