On 15-07-06 09:50 PM, [email protected] wrote:
So, to my colleagues in TLUG, I ask: How would you deal with the re-location of /bin, assuming you didn't want to re-install?
If you knew where /bin wound up I would just move it back. If it said it can't find 'mv' I could type /path/to/bin/mv to move the wandering /bin back to its normal home. If that failed I always keep bootable Linux discs on hand. I have a CD case that holds 6 discs and it has the last couple of versions of the Linux live/install DVD's I've used along with some other useful discs such as tomsrtbt.
I just completed updating my system from Linux Mint 17 (32-bit) to Linux Mint 17.2 (64-bit). My /home is in a separate partition and I have four 20G partitions that I use as root partitions. One of the four is the current system root, another is a backup of root from the last time I was about to do an update/upgrade of the distro and the other 2 can be used to try out other Linux distros (if I have the time and/or interest to try something different).
The separate /home meant that my user account wasn't affected. After the install was complete I just logged in to my user account as always and got back to work. Well, after the usual need to sort out a minor issue or three which one often has to do after a fresh install.
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