Greg Reddin wrote > I suppose I could do the same thing using a partition on one of my > existing hard disks. > > I could set up a /test partition and install a "clean" distro there. > Then when i get ready to update a package I can install it and test > it in my /test environment before overwriting my production system. > > I'll have to do some research on this as I don't actually know how to > do it yet but it seems simple enough :-) I do this routinely with Gentoo. # mount /dev/hdaX /mnt/daw -o ro # mount /dev/hdaY /mnt/new-daw # cd /mnt/daw # tar -cf - . | (cd /mnt/new-daw; tar -xf -) ...wait 20 minutes... # [editor of choice] /mnt/new-daw/etc/fstab ... fix up your bootloader (I use GRUB), and reboot to your cloned partition. I ping-pong between two partitions, so I always have a 'stable' partition to return to. Good Luck R
