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On Sunday 24 June 2007 14:15, Neil Stone wrote: > Julian Hall wrote: > > Mark Jose wrote: > >> I never ever upgrade from one version to the next - whatever is claimed > >> about the reliability of doing so. I back up my personal data in the > >> home directory and install the new version freshly - then put the backed > >> up data back. > > > > Alternatively mount / and /home on separate partitions. That way even > > if the whole OS goes down the swannee your personal data is safe. > > > > Your only risk then is if the hard disk itself develops a fault - > > nothing anyone can do about that. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Julian > > RAID anyone ?? or /home on a different disk...??? > > -- Indeed, but most users probably don't have a raid setup or a spare drive for their /home partition in my experience.Those with a laptop are even less likely to have such luxuries (can you even get laptops with second HDDs?). I do have spare drives in my box, but prefer to use those for other things, so I backup /home to my NAS box. If you have spare drives, then a seperate /home partition on a second drive is useful - although a backup elsewhere is good insurance in the event of a disk failure. A sensible backup policy is a much overlooked item, yet one which can save the day in the event of serious problems with hardware etc. I am as guilty as the next - I do make backups, but they tend to be quite "as and when". I always do a backup before major changes - or if I have some new vital data I really must not lose, but otherwise it is very ad-hoc! Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html