On 01/03/2013 01:36 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
On 1/3/2013 3:27 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
I can also add that the latest upgrades I have performed I cloned the
hard drive
containing the OS. Then I perform the upgrade on the clone, if
everything works
ok I either run the clone instead or does the same on the original disk.
That's probably the best idea.
A bootable rescue CD containing ddrescue is excellent in this regard.
I've been using SystemRescueCD of late:
http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage
I image my Windows machine using ddrescue because reinstalling Linux
takes 2 hours - reinstalling Windows takes 2 weeks. :-)
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