m.w.chang wrote:
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I didn't need to backup my data partition to install COL 3.1
I have no courage to do that with Redhat 8's installation. .. ...scarry....
Yes, you *do* need to backup your data partition, especially if you're
moving to a more modern filesystem type. (Caldera 3.1 is becoming
obsolete quickly) You stand just as much of a chance of fat fingering
something when installing Caldera, Slackware, Debian, or any of the
others. People who say they don't need to backup their data for whatever
reason do *not* gain sympathy for being sub-brilliant. Just because you
*can* do a Caldera install and have a warm, fuzzy feeling about it
doesn't give any justification for not having a backup, regardless of
the distribution. I understand you're speaking of your confidence level,
not of the actual, realistic differences of the install process, however
backups shouldn't be based on this factor at all.
"without backup". If you had a backup wouldn't you be reinstalling
from it, and if not, why do you have that backup, especially since you
say it's a production system? This makes no sense at all.
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