I see, so I can continue upgrading the system. This time, I only want to upgrade the system, and rebuild the kernel. When I need other operations, I will backup all data first. I will continue posting, thank you!
Renzhi Cao Email : rc...@mail.missouri.edu http://web.missouri.edu/~rcrg4/ ________________________________________ From: arch-general <arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org> on behalf of Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 12:04 PM To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the filesystem > On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 17:49 +0000, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote: > > By the way, I am thinking the upgrading process will only influence > > the system, not my data partition. I still need suggestions, am I > > think that correct? Or lack of experience. > > Correct, but accidents happen, so _backup_ your data. On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 17:58 +0000, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote: > Ok, I have about 2T data there, I need to go by a external disk to > back up the data, and then updating the system. Thank you Sorry for my broken English. I guess "accidents happen" does mean that sometimes data is touched by upgrades, but it isn't. I wanted to say that when fixing a broken install, then you could make a mistake, an accident, that will damage your data. Btw., please don't top post,
