On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 10:05 -0800, Gus Wirth wrote: > Christoph Maier wrote: > [snip] > > Another question, better to be asked before upgrading than in the middle > > of it, after something went crazy: > > > > What's the best way to archive an older version installation > > (in my case Fedora Core 6) > > with quite a few accumulated bells and whistles, > > such that I could recover it if I need to? > > > > I'm kind of short of disk space to keep the old OS in place until I know > > the new one works. > > I recommend just buying a new disk to replace the old one and then > placing the old one in a safe place. I have done that with a laptop > drive and desktop drives. Given how cheap drives are now you can get > improved performance, lower power consumption and more storage space for > a reasonable price. You'll also have an immediately available backup > that is usable just by popping the drive back in the computer or you can > stick it in an external USB case to periodically retrieve data or > examine your changes. I still have a disk sitting around that has Red > Hat 7 (not Fedora!) on it. > > Gus >
Not an option with a laptop computer with one 120GB hard drive with approx 40GB each for Ubuntu, Fedora, and the Evil Empire. Christoph -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
