On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:22:43 +0100, Jens Van Broeckhoven wrote: > Op Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:23:36 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón schreef: > > >> If disk space is not a concern, I'd go for a parallel installation. In >> the event something goes wrong with the new install (or upgrade, if you >> made a full image of the currently installed system), you only have to >> boot with the old lenny install, which remains intact and ready to >> serve you. >> >> >> > While I agree that's a more secure/stable solution, I would never do > that for a desktop. > > I just use all repos and move back if really needed. APT/aptitude does > everything else.
I've been using the parallelized installation procedure for both servers and desktops (and my own workstation) and have been working pretty good. The time I have to spend in installing from scratch is the time I gain avoiding all the "upgrading" issues|workarounds|RTFM ;-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.03.07.21.18...@gmail.com
