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On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 02:51:55PM +0100, Nils Toedtmann wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 18.02.2007, 02:45 +0200 schrieb Ovidiu Lixandru:
> > Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> >
> > > I have at least 1 machine I'll have to do it. And, guess what ? It is
> > > a remote machine (datacenter in another country).
> > >
> > > Should be fun.
> >
> > Duplicating the remote setup to a local/virtual machine and giving the
> > upgrade a shot before tinkering with the live server won't hurt. ;)
>
> As a safety mesurement you could clone the machine ("cp -a") to a
"cp -a" for cloning ? Errr, bad mistake.
"dump -0f - / | ( cd /newlocation; restore -f - )" is a much better idea
on these cases.
[]s
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Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
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