20 Jan
2004
20 Jan
'04
2:26 p.m.
Greg Reddin wrote
I suppose I could do the same thing using a partition
on one of my
existing hard disks.
I could set up a /test partition and install a "clean" distro there.
Then when i get ready to update a package I can install it and test
it in my /test environment before overwriting my production system.
I'll have to do some research on this as I don't actually know how to
do it yet but it seems simple enough :-)
I do this routinely with Gentoo.
# mount /dev/hdaX /mnt/daw -o ro
# mount /dev/hdaY /mnt/new-daw
# cd /mnt/daw
# tar -cf - . | (cd /mnt/new-daw; tar -xf -)
...wait 20 minutes...
# [editor of choice] /mnt/new-daw/etc/fstab
... fix up your bootloader (I use GRUB), and reboot to your cloned partition.
I ping-pong between two partitions, so I always have a 'stable' partition to
return to.
Good Luck
R