Hoary Pre-Update Checklist

[Matthew S-H]

What tool should I use to create the new partition?


On Apr 7, 2005, at 8:00 PM, Olafur Arason wrote:

> A) The great thing about debian package system is that it work well.
>      Ubuntu also has nice upgrade features like tool that migrates
>      documents to unicode.
> B) dd is your friend, it is the only tool that keep the bits intact.
>      dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/mnt/hd/file
>      Replace /dev/hda1 with your partition and /mnt/hd with the place
>      your mounted the partiton that has the extra place and file with
>      the name of the file. And if you want to downgrade to warty back
>      then dd if=/mnt/hd/file of=/dev/hda1 .
> C) Just remember if you have a problem the bugzilla is a good place
>     to get it resolved.
>
> Olafur Arason
>
> On Apr 7, 2005 11:14 PM, Matthew S-H <mathbymath at aol.com> wrote:
>> Before I update to Hoary, I just wanted to do/know a few things:
>>
>> A)  Is it better to wait for a pressed CD or to install using a "Smart
>> Upgrade" in Synaptic?
>> B)  What could I do if I wanted to back up my entire linux partition 
>> to
>> another partition?  (I currently have plenty of unallocated space that
>> I could use).  The only thing is that I would want to be able to boot
>> off of either in case I don't like Hoary and want to stick with Warty
>> (which I highly doubt, but would rather play safe).
>> C)  Anything I should be careful of when upgrading?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ~Matt
>>
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