Re: [K12OSN] System downgrade - caveats?

[Julius Szelagiewicz <julius turtle com>]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Vern Ceder wrote:
> By file system layout, do you mean the partitions and mount points, or
> do you mean the actual directory structure?
>
> If it's the former, then fstab should be enough, unless you have
> something that accesses the partitions directly, like software RAID. I
> would check by using a command like "grep -r /dev/hd /etc" to find any
> references to partitions in files in /etc. Use /dev/sd if you have scsi
> drives.
>
> Then, of course, reboot the restored system while holding your breath
> and muttering every magic word you know. :-)
>
Vern,
	looks like a rainy day today. new backups are running now, I'll be
at work in about an hour. I will follow your advice, although I'm a liitle
concerned about those "magic" words - the last time I muttered some, I had
to fight a big, ugly, tatooed biker. I can only hope that the server
didn't get any tatoos during New Year celebrations. julius





>
> Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> > Dear Folks,
> > 	for the time being I got just one vote on what to do. Verne, who
> > is obviously very smart, because he thinks the way i do, insists i should
> > go back to true-and-tried V3.1.2. This is going to be my weekend project.
> > I am going to blow away the system, and then restore from bakup, with one
> > important "gotcha!" - the file system layout has changed and will *not* be
> > the same as on the backup.
> >
> > 	Here is the $64,000.00 question: Is it enough to overwrite
> > /ets/fstab on backup with the new file, or is there something else I have
> > to really worry about?
> >
> > 	tia, julius
> >
> >
> >
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