Hello, Viktor. I'm a little mystified as to why you CC'd this to me, but here goes.
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 10:00:54PM +0100, Viktor Lakics wrote: > I got a crazy idea: if you want to make 100 % sure that you do not > brake your production system, why don't you have an exact copy of > that system before you do an upgrade (or just use that system for > trying out things, which you cannot afford on your system). > > I got a spare 2 Gig partition on my system, and I want to give it a > try. I just do not know how to start this? O.K. I could probably do > it with hard disk image program, but then what configuration files > do I have to edit (exept /etc/fstab) after my root partition moves > from /dev/hda8 to /dev/hda7... > > Anyone have done it already? All comments and possible ways to do it > are welcome! I would you rsync(1) to copy the relevant parts of the system over (say, to $HOME/system2) and chroot(8) to switch to the subsystem. Rob -- Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule." -- David Guaspari