[oclug] aaawwwww crap

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Andrew J. Hutton wrote:

> What most of us end up doing after awhile is just buying a new drive, copying
> things over to it using cp into the new layout and going on.  This isn't the

Rather than buying a new drive, I just split the drive in half to start
with.  Many boxes I've built need storage on the order of 20-40GB rather
than 80-100GB so there is plenty of room to move.  I mainly do this so
that the next upgrade can be conducted without the need to take data off
disk.  Once I'm confident it is working the way it should I can flip the
box to the new build.  Backups are a must as always.

This method, like the 2nd drive solution, allows for a quick backout.

Rob

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