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On 13/05/2011 5:00 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Probably a dumb one, but... |
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> I have /home, /usr and /var on separate partitions... |
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> If I want to image my system prior to the update 'just in case' |
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> something goes south, am I correct that all I need to worry about is /, |
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> since /etc is located there? |
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> In other words, is anything on /usr or /var touched during this update? |
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If you want to be reeaallyyy safe, and want an image and not a backup, |
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grab the latest copy of SystemRescueCd, a couple of TB of usb external |
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drive space, which is very cheap these days, and use partImage to grab a |
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true image of your whole system. I started doing this recently and it's |
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saved me once so far. Things "flew apart big time" for me recently, a |
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disk failure, I rebooted into the rescue cd and hey presto, 30 minutes |
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later, everything was good. |
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Andrew |
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