OK Il 09 set 2017 14:00, <lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com> ha scritto:
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Re: lubuntu (Ralf Mardorf) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 20:11:25 -0600 > From: Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> > To: Mark F <azday...@gmail.com> > Cc: Lubuntu Users <lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu > Message-ID: > <d8eb989b-f67a-37dd-b4d9-933571b39...@dvorak-keyboards.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > On 09/08/2017 07:22 PM, Mark F wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Aere Greenway > > <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com <mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: > > >>> The last time I had problems with dual booting was back in 12.04 > > days, > > > > It's been a while since I tried to do that. But, I had the weirdest > > problems. It seemed like my hard-drive became physically damaged due > > to the install. I've seen reports like that. But, they seemed rare. > > But, it happened to me twice over 7-8 years. > > > > I got to the point I dreaded it. But, it's been 2-3 years. (I remember > > I had to run boot-repair that last time.). > > > > I would definitely back up. > > > > > > > > > Mark: > > I'm sorry to hear of the problems you had. > > I hope, however, that things have improved now. I can't speak for your > system, but it has been working for mine. > > This sort of thing is the reason I have two system partitions for my > production systems. > > I install into the old (now unused) partition, and can still boot from > the partition I was using before the install. > > In the new system, I can copy data (including hidden (dot) files) from > the prior partition into the /home directory of the newly installed > system. And that copy is a fast copy (unlike it would be from an > external hard-drive). > > When I am satisfied that the new system meets my needs, I just use it, > and stop using my former system, and it will be installed-into when a > newer system is needed months later. > > But lately, for production systems, I usually just upgrade. That has > been working well for me in the past 6 or so years. > > If the upgrade fails, I can install into another partition, and copy my > /home directory files from the partition that failed the upgrade, into > the newly-installed partition. > > At least, that's what has been working for me. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/ > attachments/20170908/af9f38b5/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 06:01:30 +0200 > From: Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > To: Aere Greenway <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com> > Cc: Mark F <azday...@gmail.com>, Lubuntu Users > <lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu > Message-ID: <8d331899-10f4-afde-4a1f-ede1a1685...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Den 2017-09-09 kl. 04:11, skrev Aere Greenway: > > On 09/08/2017 07:22 PM, Mark F wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Aere Greenway > >> <a...@dvorak-keyboards.com <mailto:a...@dvorak-keyboards.com>> wrote: > >> >>> The last time I had problems with dual booting was back in 12.04 > >> days, > >> > >> It's been a while since I tried to do that. But, I had the weirdest > >> problems. It seemed like my hard-drive became physically damaged due > >> to the install. I've seen reports like that. But, they seemed rare. > >> But, it happened to me twice over 7-8 years. > >> > >> I got to the point I dreaded it. But, it's been 2-3 years. (I remember > >> I had to run boot-repair that last time.). > >> > >> I would definitely back up. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Mark: > > > > I'm sorry to hear of the problems you had. > > > > I hope, however, that things have improved now. I can't speak for your > > system, but it has been working for mine. > > > > This sort of thing is the reason I have two system partitions for my > > production systems. > > > > I install into the old (now unused) partition, and can still boot from > > the partition I was using before the install. > > > > In the new system, I can copy data (including hidden (dot) files) from > > the prior partition into the /home directory of the newly installed > > system. And that copy is a fast copy (unlike it would be from an > > external hard-drive). > > > > When I am satisfied that the new system meets my needs, I just use it, > > and stop using my former system, and it will be installed-into when a > > newer system is needed months later. > > > > But lately, for production systems, I usually just upgrade. That has > > been working well for me in the past 6 or so years. > > > > If the upgrade fails, I can install into another partition, and copy my > > /home directory files from the partition that failed the upgrade, into > > the newly-installed partition. > > > > At least, that's what has been working for me. > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Aere > > Hi Aere, > > Thanks for sharing your method with two system partitions :-) > > Best regards > Nio > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 06:58:01 +0200 > From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> > To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu > Message-ID: <20170909065801.4e2261c0@archlinux.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 18:22:28 -0700, Mark F wrote: > >It seemed like my hard-drive became physically damaged due to the > >install. > > If so, then the hard drive already was close to the end of life before > you installed Lubuntu. It would have failed without installing > Lubuntu, too. > > Btw. a complete Windows XP backup could only be restored, if the same > hardware is used. If you need to replace a hard disk by another one > (usually you don't get the same hard disk you bought years ago), a > restored Windows XP won't run anymore. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 8 > ******************************************** >
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