How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread Sthu Deus
Good time of the day. Are there some tricks OR would You share Your own on this stuff: As it is VERY hard to low versions of the installed packages, how do You return Your system to some exact state after You have tried new versions of pckages? What I would do is to copy whole the system

Re: How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread shawn wilson
On Aug 3, 2011 11:22 AM, Sthu Deus sthu.d...@gmail.com wrote: As it is VERY hard to low versions of the installed packages, how do You return Your system to some exact state after You have tried new versions of pckages? Me? I use virtualbox (or other vm) and snapshots. If you want something

Re: How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread Brad Alexander
: As it is VERY hard to low versions of the installed packages, how do You return Your system to some exact state after You have tried new versions of pckages? Me? I use virtualbox (or other vm) and snapshots. If you want something closer to metal, lvm has similar. What I would do

Re: How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread shawn wilson
to low versions of the installed packages, how do You return Your system to some exact state after You have tried new versions of pckages? Me? I use virtualbox (or other vm) and snapshots. If you want something closer to metal, lvm has similar. What I would do is to copy whole the system

Re: How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread Camaleón
. And kernel (linux-image) can be installed in paralel, etc. how do You return Your system to some exact state after You have tried new versions of pckages? I would not think in restoring the whole system to a previous state for just a package downgrade, that seems too overwhelming :-o What

Re: How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Sthu Deus wrote: Good time of the day. Are there some tricks OR would You share Your own on this stuff: As it is VERY hard to low versions of the installed packages, how do You return Your system to some exact state after You have tried new versions of pckages? What I would do is to copy

Re: How do You return Your system to some exact state?

2011-08-03 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com wrote: Sthu Deus wrote: Good time of the day. ... What I would do is to copy whole the system, then delete the current and copy it back in archive mode of cp, reinstall/update grub as necessary... I understand Fedora is