Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2008 mails)

[Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 19:13:26 on Friday Friday 24 April 2009, "Rajko M." 
<rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Friday 24 April 2009 05:04:15 am Stan Goodman wrote:
> ...
>
> > 2) Working from the existing v10.3, I would install ext3 on the home
> > partition and mount that partition v10.3.

It is possible that I didn't write sufficiently clearly, and that there 
has been a misunderstanding. Maybe the misunderstanding is mine, in which 
case I hope you will help me resolve it.

> New created ext3 mounted on /home will mask existing files, so you want
> to mount it to /mnt or any other directory created for that purpose.

I don't think there is anything to mask. To be clear, the existing v10.3 
is on Disk 1, and the v11.1 installation will be on Disk 2, which 
initially has no Linux on it at all. I prepare partitions on  Disk 2 
using DFSee, and put ext3 on the one destined to be for /home; at this 
point, there are no files anywhere on Disk 2. Then I copy the entirety of 
partition 10.3/home to the still empty partition 11.1/home. If I later 
wish to return to using v10.3, its home directory is intact, and I have 
lost nothing.

> > 3) As though I were backing up the v10.3 home partition, I simply
> > copy it in toto to the partition newly made to be the v11.1 home
> > partition.
> >
> > 4) Finally I install v11.1 on the root partition prepared for it,
> > defining the newly populated partition as it /home, and instruct that
> > this /home partition not be formatted.
> >
> > To me, this looks like the perfect way to proceed, and it should
> > leave me with a new system very much like the old one, although there
> > would no doubt be a few apps that need to be replaced. Is there any
> > problem with this? Have I overlooked something?
>
> From safety point of view it is OK.
>
> From usage point it is a hassle.

In what way is it a hassle? What could I do that would be simpler, and 
would still leave me the return path if I wish to use it later?

> All your communication and bookmarks will be obsolete very soon, so if
> you need to go back you will miss all new stuff.

What new stuff? I am moving from KDE3 to KDE3. If I later want to move 
back, it can only be because I was less than happy with "new stuff". I 
keep browser bookmarks synchronized among all machines and OSes anyway; I 
keep emails backed up in per month files on CDs.

> Although, I don't think that you will go back without major breakage in
> anew system. In that case some obsolete communication stuff is of no
> concern anyway.

Again, I think you missed the fact that the two installations are separate 
and independent on distinct partitions. An alternative would have been 
NOT to copy the /home partition, but to use the same partition in common 
by the two OSes. I am trying to prevent the kind of 
breakage/corruption/confusion that you are warning me about.

If I have mistaken your intent, please tell me. I have no desire to make a 
mess of this.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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