Why not dd it to another drive so you can always put that in if things go wrong, you will only need the programs part as an upgrade will not affect your data which I would assume is in sda1: /var/lib/backuppc -- 500GB?
Once you have done a dd then simply type in apt-get dist-upgrade to do the upgrade. To test it, you can use the dd image and then use a virtual machine to boot the dd image and upgrade it there to test, there are guide online on how to use dd and also how to use a dd image on a virtual machine. Regards, Daniel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Allison Sent: 03 October 2007 09:37 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Preparing my Server for Gutsy - help Hi, I posted this on the Ubuntu forums, but no replies. I wonder if you guys have any ideas? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=565302 Text of post: Hi there, I want to upgrade to Gutsy when it is released on my Ubuntu Feisty headless server. What I'd like to do is to take an image of my server and put it on my Feisty laptop and run the upgrade there as a test to see what breaks. Or maybe have a cloned image on the server (my preferred choice) and run the upgrade on an isolated partition. What's the best way to go about backing up my Ubuntu server and testing the upgrade before doing it for real? I don't want to do it blind. Server is currently partitioned as hda1: / -- 30GB /home -- 45GB sda1: /var/lib/backuppc -- 500GB -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
