On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:17:10PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:00:22PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > I have a 486 with 32 MB ram, ISA bus NIC, currently running Sarge. Now > > that Etch RC2 is out I'm starting to plan for the future of this box. > > The Etch install manual says that it needs 64 MB ram. I know that Sarge > > will continue to be supported for a while but I may as well start > > planning. > > > > I know: someone will give me the proverbial quarter and tell me to get a > > real computer :) > > > Here is what you have: > you have 2 boxes: a fast machine and a slow machine > you dont want to hose the slow box > > Here is my suggestion: > make a mirror of the slow box hd > use this mirror hd for the upgrade to etch > use the 'download' option so that you can do an upgrade at one time > > this way you have the backup incase the mirror fails > > I expect your slow machine hd to not be very large (between 1 GB and 10 > GB), so you may have one like this around or could get one from some > random place (lug, friend, relative, etc.)
Two disks: 840 MB and 1.2 MB. On a shelf, I have a 171 MB with Woody on it as a rescue (the 486 version of a Live CD :) ) The box has no user data on it (its all on the big box). Where do I put the mirror and how do I restore it if the upgrade to Etch fails? Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
