On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 2:59 PM, James G. Sack (jim) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 4:30 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Maybe you could even create a "poor man's snapshot system" this way.... >>> >>> 1. Copy ENTIRE harddrive to /tmp/.my_snapshot. >>> 2. Hack away to your heart's content. >>> 3. If any breakage, just diff / against /tmp/.my_snapshot to restore! yay! >> >> Breakage is not always so cut-and-dried. > > So what we need is a unit-test suite for the PC-as-a-whole. > > Anybody ever hear of anyone doing something like that? > > Regards, > ..jim
Yes me. At my current employer we make a DVD to restore a system to a certain point. Basically has all the drivers, aps, patches and etc already on it. For Windows versions we are able to do that but still have the system go through the initial config. Basically there is a DVD for each model of workstation/server we sell and twice a year or so the images are updated to include the latest drivers and patches unless the system is replaced with a new model. In any case I have OS test suite I execute to verify the image is good to go. Everything from com ports enumerating correctly, drivers being of a specific version, certain features being disabled/disabled. it takes a little while. > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
