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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/08/2017 07:22 PM, Mark F wrote:<br>
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<div>On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Aere Greenway <span
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>>> <span style="font-size:12.8px">The last time I had
problems with dual booting was back in 12.04 days, </span>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">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. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">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.).</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">I would definitely back up. </span></div>
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<p>Mark:</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear of the problems you had. <br>
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<p>I hope, however, that things have improved now. I can't speak
for your system, but it has been working for mine. <br>
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<p>This sort of thing is the reason I have two system partitions for
my production systems. <br>
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<p>I install into the old (now unused) partition, and can still boot
from the partition I was using before the install. <br>
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<p>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). <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>But lately, for production systems, I usually just upgrade. That
has been working well for me in the past 6 or so years. <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>At least, that's what has been working for me.<br>
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Sincerely,
Aere</pre>
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