[arch-general] Problems of using pacman and updating the filesystem

[Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student)]

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 so much!



Renzhi Cao

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From: arch-general <arch-general-bounces at archlinux.org> on behalf of Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 11:56 AM
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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.