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On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 04:04:44PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> 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
GB?
> 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,
I was thinking to just open the box, add the 'mirror', make a backup
image with say 'dd', then remove the original hd. Then make sure it
boots, maybe use a boot disk to redo grub, and then try the upgrade, if
the upgrade failes, just pop out the new disk and replace it with the
old one. done.
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