On Mon, 2025-08-25 at 19:38 -0600, home user via users wrote: > > And I tended to do system updates (e.g. move from Fedora 33 to 34) by > > unplugging the old drive, installing a new system onto a spare drive. > > Getting it working, experimented around with it in a safe environment > > where no file was important. Reinstall if I fouled it up, though I > > think I only did that once in the Windows days. Then I'd plug the old > > drive in, and import the old data. Unplug the old drive, and have it > > on the shelf as the next spare. > > > > That was my simple and safe way to upgrade. > > > Different! > Thank-you for the idea. That's fine but just be aware that it addresses a different issue from what you originally asked about i.e. a strategy for upgrading the system vs one for taking regular backups. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
