Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:14:14 -0500 From: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com> To: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install/upgrade question Message-ID: <f84c38580803050614x15b1a417p3750b2cf567661a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080305080949.68403c86@thudpucker.makeworld.com> References: <f84c38580803050559s3f49f43due84bf92904214d3f@mail.gmail.com> <20080305080949.68403c86@thudpucker.makeworld.com>
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yeah, I understand. backup is crucial. But I have >90% full in a 200G drive, so it's a pain in the rear end. But I wonder if I can "choose" what contents (or directories) to be installed so I can keep the rest intact. just a thought.... On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:59:45 -0500 > "Tsu-Fan Cheng" <tfcheng@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I think this Q is pretty basic, but I just want to make sure. I was > > considering if upgrading from 6.3 to 7.0 and something goes wrong, and > > I need to do a fresh install. Can I only change/overwrite the /etc > > /usr, etc but leave /home intact?? thank you!! > > Why not simply tar the dirs you want archived and save them off to some > other media? This way you are certainly covered almost to the point of > a hard disk failure. > > With the price of blank CD's, DVD's, and thumb drives - this seems to be > a reasonable thing to consider. > > But to answer your question (somewhat) if I were either that unsure of > what was going to happen (or paranoid) then I would most certainly have > a backup (tarball) of the "important" stuff before I tried anything. > > Simply not invoking backups (of any type or any time) is silly. > > Just my 1/2 cent (applied current rate of inflation). > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > > Fingerprint: 4201 94F9 E77F 9357 F3F3 56B7 8D20 ECC7 1AB5 FEF8 >
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