On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 06:08:32PM +0000, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:
I see, so I can continue upgrading the system. This time, I only want to upgrade the system, and rebuild the kernel. When I need other operations, I will backup all data first. I will continue posting, thank you!
Renzhi Cao
Email : rcrg4@mail.missouri.edu http://web.missouri.edu/~rcrg4/
________________________________________ From: arch-general <arch-general-bounces@archlinux.org> on behalf of Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 12:04 PM To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the filesystem
On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 17:49 +0000, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:
By the way, I am thinking the upgrading process will only influence the system, not my data partition. I still need suggestions, am I think that correct? Or lack of experience.
Correct, but accidents happen, so _backup_ your data.
On Sat, 2014-03-08 at 17:58 +0000, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:
Ok, I have about 2T data there, I need to go by a external disk to back up the data, and then updating the system. Thank you
Sorry for my broken English. I guess "accidents happen" does mean that sometimes data is touched by upgrades, but it isn't. I wanted to say that when fixing a broken install, then you could make a mistake, an accident, that will damage your data.
Btw., please don't top post,
No, not "please don't stop posting," but rather "please don't top post." In other words, your responses should be at the bottom of the e-mail so that people can read from the top down and understand what's going on. Good luck! -- David J. Haines djhaines@gmx.com 0xAFB3D16D - F929 270F B7C3 78AE A741 434F A7C6 F264 AFB3 D16C