Synaptic history

Mark mhullrich at gmail.com
Mon Nov 8 19:30:24 UTC 2010


On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:43:07 -0800
> Mark wrote:
>
>> I keep *all* my non-system entities on separate file systems from
>> /boot and /.  Even if I clobber my / file system I can still refresh
>> or even reinstall it with minimal pain.
>
> Yes, but there can still be inconveniences.  For example,
> there's /var/www, and also Boinc stuff seems to be installed in /var/lib,
> which normally would need to be overwritten on re-install (I think).  Do
> you have a separate /var file system?
>
No.  I think of /var as part of the root, like /tmp and so on.

Another option is to keep an exact copy of your root partition in a
separate partition so you can easily (or at least with less
difficulty) back up if a change doesn't work quite right.  I did that
with my CentOS root, but it's long gone now.

There are points where it doesn't make sense any more just to update
or even upgrade, and then a separate root partition for the new system
makes more sense.  That way your old settings are still available for
integration, if you so desire.

Mark




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