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I update immediately.... but (Score: 2, Interesting)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2015-04-27 06:04 (#7X1W)

My Linux is only on external hard drives. If something goes terribly wrong... unplug drive 01, plug in drive 02... Reboot.
Next step, if necessary: rsync drive 02 -> drive 01. Damage fixed. Currently Debian unstable is a bit botched, but not to the extend that a drive switch or rsync is necessary.

Re: I update immediately.... but (Score: 1)

by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-04-27 21:34 (#7YPQ)

Where does your home directory live?

Re: I update immediately.... but (Score: 2, Interesting)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2015-04-27 21:43 (#7YPR)

100% on the external drive. Every few days I rsync it with an identical one. So if one crashes I can immediately plug in the spare and have an identical system. The code I write is of course spread over several git repositories. So it is more up-to-date than 'every few days'. USB3 drives... so I am quite happy with the speed. And if my computer crashes, I don't have to open it, to get the internal disk... Of course, I don't throw it away, but I don't have to get it immediately. Nothing important on it.... only Windows and a few games.

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2015-04-27 21:43
100% on the external drive. Every few days I rsync it with an identical one. So if one crashes I can immediately plug in the spare and have an identical system. The code I write is of course spread inover several git repositories. So it is more up-to-date than 'every few days'. USB3 drives... so I am quite happy with the speed. And if my computer crashes, I don't have to open it, to get the internal disk... Of course, I don't throw it away, but I don't have to get it immediately. Nothing important on it.... only Windows and a few games.

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2015-04-28 23:07 Interesting +1 hyper@pipedot.org

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