On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:28:38 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I really need to setup a "fuck me!" OS beside my normal install of > linux. > > sigh > Femme > > It's not as nutty as it sounds. I have three on my "Desktop" box. MDK 9.0 - Stable MDK 9.0 - Tweak MDK 9.1 - Update Anyone familiar with Debian will be familiar with the names (read Unstable for Update). Stable: the one firewalled, locked down (for me), and rock steady that i do my day to day stuff with. Can only see its own partitions. Tweak: identical to Stable except for fstab and lilo.conf. I can configure any new things in here and break it if need be. If it gets jiggered completely, in theory i can "dd" Stable to Tweak, reload fstab and lilo.conf from backups, and start again. I have never tested this option yet though. Update: I got 9.1 well after the initial release date and never got it configured to my satisfaction, although 'some' programs run better on it. Will be wiping it in favour of 9.2 when i get a copy. Who knows, i may replace 9.0 yet. This is as close as i get to bleeding edge. Stable and Tweak share a common /home and /var. I ftp all updates to a directory, URPMI them from the directory to Tweak as soon as, and then to Stable after a week or so. If the update breaks any configs i can figure it out in Tweak first. Try that with windows update, even HFNetCheck(Shavlik Technologies) isn't that flexible for updating. -- Michael
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